Sohu Sports News On the morning of August 15th, Beijing time, the 2021 season men’s tennis ATP1000 series Rogers Cup continued in Toronto. In the men’s singles semi-finals, the top seed Medvedev was in excellent form, 6-2/6-2 straight down. Beat the American star Isner. In another game, American star Opelka broke out and lost a set 6-7/7-6/6-4 to reverse the elimination of No. 3 seed Sisipas. The final will be Medvedev and Opie. Between Erka.
Medvedev 2-0 Isner (6-2/6-2)
The Russian star Medvedev continued his winning streak at the end of last season at the beginning of the season. After winning the ATP Cup, he made his way to the Australian Open men’s singles final for the first time. However, his losing streak to Djokovic was ended in 20 games. Medvedev’s state fluctuates slightly. He played as the top seed in this tournament, winning streak with Bubrick, Duckworth and Wimbledon semi-finals Hulkach. In the semifinals, Medvedev’s opponent was American heavy gunner Isner, who gained this season. Atalanta champion, winning streak of Davidovic, Garin, Lublev and Monfils in this event. The two had previously met in the 2020 ATP Cup, when Medvedev won in straight sets.
In the first game, the two easily secured their first serve. In the third game, Isner’s most reliant serving weapon fluctuated. After a 30-30 tie, the quality of the first serve was not high and the break point was sent out. May Dvedev then scored another steal on the second break point to complete the break. Isner was unable to find his state for a long serve in the game. In the seventh game, he lost four points and was broken again. Medvedev broke the lead and kept it 6-2 to win the first set.
In the second set, Isner still didn’t make a single serve. After a 40-40 tie in the first game, he gave a break point opportunity by mistake. Medvedev then established his advantage in high-quality serve and completed the break after backhanded straight scoring. , Took advantage of the opportunity to secure a 2-0 lead. After a round of protection, Medvedev continued to hit the opponent’s serve in the fifth game. The wonderful reception made Isner’s serve tactics repeatedly frustrated. He won the game with a 40-0 consecutive break point. After that, May Dvedev withstood the opponent’s counterattack and went all the way to 6-2 to win another set.
In the end, the top seed Medvedev performed strongly, beating Isner in straight sets, and then entering the Rogers Cup final after 2019. The whole game took only 54 minutes. Isner did not perform well in the serve link and only had 4 ACES balls. Medvedev scored 11 ACES balls. The first serve rate was 76%. Isner was slightly ahead. Medvedev’s first serve scoring rate reached 90% leading by nearly 30 percentage points. In the break period, Isner had only one break chance, while Medvedev broke 4 times with 7 break points.
Opelka 2-1 Sisipas (6-7/7-6/6-4)
The Greek star Sisipas continued his upward momentum this season. The Australian Open defeated Nadal to break into the semi-finals, and then won the ATP1000 Masters championship for the first time in his Monte Carlo career, and the French Open reached the final to create the best record of a personal Grand Slam. This tournament played as the No. 3 seed, winning streak with Amber, Khachanov and Rudd. In the semifinals, he encountered the American giant Opelka, who is known for his strong serve. He broke into the quarter-finals of Cincinnati last season, and has reached the top four in Rome this season, winning streaks of Kyrgios, Dimitrov, Harris and Argut into the quarter-finals. The two played against each other in the quarterfinals of Cincinnati last season, when Opelka retired at the end of the first set.
In the first game, each of the opening games secured the first serve. In the third game, Sisipas’ serve was the first to fluctuate. Opelka forced a continuous break point of 40-15. After that, the Greek star used the serve to save continuously. The break point is guaranteed to be issued. The two men’s serve conditions gradually improved. When both sides could not get a break point opportunity, the score quickly came to a 6-6 tie. In the tiebreaker, Sisipas completed two mini breaks and took a 5-1 lead in the final 7 -2 easily won the tie-break and won the first set.
In the second set, the opening stage was still the rhythm of their respective guards. In the fourth game, Opelka missed a break point opportunity, and then the two kept going all the way and the score came to a 6-6 tie again in this match. Ushering in the second tiebreaker, this time Opelka’s performance suppressed the opponent, 7-4 won the tiebreaker to get back a set, the total score came to 1-1.
In the deciding set, each secured a 3-2 lead with Sisipas’s starting advantage. In the sixth game, the Greek star took the lead to get the break point. Opelka then blasted the ACES ball to complete the serve. In the seventh game, Sisipas Opelka’s serving game was the first to fall, and Opelka’s bottom line was shot and the winning points were broken and took a 4-3 lead. Since then, the little American giant has firmly held the break advantage with his super serve, Sisipas never got the chance to break, and guaranteed Opelka 6-4 to win the deciding set.
In the end, Opelka lost a set 2-1 upset and reversed Sisipas, making his first career in the ATP1000 Masters final. The whole game took 2 hours and 32 minutes. Sisipas completed 10 ACES balls with 7 double errors, Opelka had 17 ACES balls with 3 double errors, and Opelka led 72% of the first serve success rate. , The first serve scoring rate Sisipas reached 87% leading opponents. In the break session, Sisipas had only one break opportunity in the audience and was not able to grasp it, while Opelka completed one break with 4 break points.Return to Sohu to see more
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