Djokovic
On February 24, local time, ATP Dubai began the men's singles quarterfinals competition, the world's first Djokovic lost 4-6/ 6-7 (4) to the Czech player Viselli who broke through from the qualifiers to stop the quarterfinals, the whole game took 1 hour and 57 minutes.
After Medvedev reached the men's singles quarterfinals in Acapulco, Djokovic will at least have to advance to the final four in Dubai to continue to retain the possibility of world number one, but with Djokovic out of the cold, Russian star Medvedev will officially reach the top of the world next week, and he will become the third Russian male player in history after Kafernikov and Safin to dominate the throne. Medvedev thus became the only non-Big Four (Djokovic, Federer, Nadal, Murray) after Roddick topped the world in 2004.
With this victory, Viselli further extended his record against Djokovic to 2 wins and 0 losses after Verselli beat Djokovic at the 2016 Monte Carlo Masters, the first time that Viselli has reached the men's singles final four of a Tour-level event since Pune in 2020.
Since Djokovic returned to world number one in February 2020, he has won eight Tour titles, including three Grand Slam titles and three Masters trophies, leaving the Serbian's world first week at 361.
Medvedev
After confirming his world number one next week, Medvedev continued his march in Acapulco, where he beat Japanese player Ryohito Nishioka 6-2, 6-3 in the quarter-finals.
"When you get the news like that, it's not easy to play another game." Medvedev said, "My first goal today is to win this game, because I came here to win every game. But being number one in the world is definitely good news for me. ”
Medvedev will next face Nadal again in the semi-finals, nearly a month after the Australian Open final. "Playing against Rafa is always a special experience." "It's also my chance to get revenge, I need to learn from the best players, that is Rafa, Roger, Novak and Andy, when they lose a big game, these people will always try to achieve revenge, sometimes they can do it, sometimes they will fail, and that's what I will do." ”
(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)