Daniil Medvedev qualified for the final of the Masters series tournament in Rome

The Russian Daniil Medvedev qualified for the final of the tennis tournament of the "Masters" series on clay in Rome with a prize fund of 7.7 million euros. Medvedev, seeded at number 3, defeated fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 7:5, 7:5 in 107 minutes.

The match dragged on for more than five hours due to rain interruptions, and the two sets unfolded in identical fashion. The Russian squandered an early break lead, but with a key break in the 11th game secured the win.

Thus, he reached the final of the "Masters" on clay for the first time, and the curious thing is that in his previous three appearances in Rome, Medvedev did not even have a victory. In the dispute for the trophy, the Russian will face number 7 Holger Rune (Denmark), who eliminated Kasper Ruud (Norway), the fourth in the scheme, 6:7(2), 6:4, 6:2. "I was having fun. It was hard with those breaks because of the rain because I had to warm up six or seven times.

This can sometimes make you angry and stress you out, but for me, I don't know why, it was kind of funny. So many times my coach would come to me and say, "OK, they're opening the court, you need to warm up. We'd go, we'd start, but at some point we'd get a message that the rain had gotten heavier and we'd have to stop. Then we'd just burst out laughing and everything was fine .

When I still had to play, I did well," said Medvedev. The Russian will play in an ATP Tour clay final for only the second time in his career after Barcelona in 2019. If successful, he will overtake Novak Djokovic (Serbia) and from Monday he will become second in the world ranking.

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