The home stage in the “Red House” of the final round of the tennis tournament that takes place in Turin ended tonight (Thursday) with two games. In the early meeting, Sasha Zebrav secured his place in the semi-finals after defeating Hubert Horkach in just 64 minutes. Later, Danil Medvedev subdued Yannick Zinner in three sets.
Sascha to the semis ?
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Sasha Zebrav (3) – Hubert Horkach (7) 2: 6, 4: 6
After defeating Matteo Bartini thanks to the retirement of the Italian and losing to Danil Medvedev, the German finally managed to win a full game in Turin. Zebrav managed to break in the first two serve games of the Pole on the way to 2: 6 after 27 minutes in the first set. The second act was more difficult for the world ranked third. When the score was 4: 4, Zebrav scored the decisive break and completed the craft in the next game with 4: 6 at the end of 37 minutes in the campaign and 64 total.
In doing so, Zebrav secured his place in the semi-finals, where he will meet the world number one, Novak Djokovic, on Saturday. Horkach, on the other hand, finishes a disappointing tournament for him with three losses.
Daniel Medvedev (2) – Yannick Zinner (11) 0: 6, 7: 6 (5), 6: 7 (8:10)
The Russian maintained a perfect balance in the final of the round despite encountering a stubborn feud on the part of the 20-year-old Italian, whom we are likely to see again in these positions later on. Medvedev opened with a storm and defeated Bartini’s substitute in the tournament 0: 6 in just 26 minutes in the first set, but although the game seemed to be conducted unilaterally, Zinner recovered and after one break per side in the second set, took advantage of Medvedev’s only stumble to break the tie. To 1: 1 in the game.
In the third set the tension escalated: the world number 2 lost his submissions first, but later broke to equalize 4-4 and the two were once again drawn to a tiebreaker, where after two game points each, Zinner lost a crucial point and surrendered 10: 8, on the way To 2: 1 at the end of the match. Now, Medvedev will meet the winner between Caspar Rod and Andrei Rublev in a meeting to be held tomorrow.