Medvedev could not reach the final “Masters” in Shanghai
The match against Khodar ended with the score 3:6, 4:6
The first racket of Russia, Daniil Medvedev, could not reach the final of the Masters tournament in Shanghai.
In the semifinals, he lost the 13th racket of the world to Spaniard Rafael Khodar with a score of 3:6, 4:6.
In the final, Khodar will play with the 26th number of the rating compatriot Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina.
In his last tournament, Medvedev also reached the semifinal stage, where he met with Serb Novak Djokovic. But the match was not finished, in the second set, the Russian was disqualified for hitting the ball in the direction of the stands and hit the viewer.
Medvedev won the Masters in Shanghai in 2019 - in the final his rival was German tennis player Alexander Zverev, who this year lost for reaching the final Davidovich-Fokin.
30-year-old Medvedev occupies the sixth place in the world ranking. He has 24 ATP titles.
The tournament in Shanghai with a prize pool of more than $ 9 million will end on October 18.
