The 2022 ATP500 Acapulco tournament continues in Mexico, and on the last matchday, the final four of this station were born, and the semi-final matches were: Medvedev vs Nadal, Tsitsipas vs Norrie.
Nadal looks ahead to meeting again with Medvedev after the Australian Open: "Everyone knows how difficult it is to play against Daniel. I knew that if I wanted to have any chance of winning, I had to play at my highest level and that was what I was going to try. I have to play my game. Everyone knows how tough the Australian Open final is. What follows will be another battle. I know he's playing well, confident enough to be world number one again, and I'm happy to play that game. ”
Medvedev, who is about to reach the top of the world next week, said in an interview with the media before the semi-finals: "I have received a lot of information, I can't believe that climbing no.1 just happened, today's mood is like riding a roller coaster." Semi-final against Rafa, playing against the Big Three is an honor and always a very big challenge. I'll try to play the best tennis I can, I want to beat the Big Three, but now I can only beat Novak, not strong enough, but there's a chance to improve. ”
In the first set, Medvedev made significantly more mistakes than Nadal, especially in the 4th set, not only did he have double errors, but he was also countered by Nadal in terms of tactical choices, and as a result, he lost this serve. Nadal, who did not deliver a break point in the whole set, won the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Medvedev sent two double errors in his first serve, and in the fourth set, Nadal also fluctuated, resulting in Medvedev missing 4 break points, and finally watching Nadal save the serve. Nadal took advantage of the second match point in the 9th set of Medvedev's serve and then went down 6-3 to beat Medvedev, who will ascend to the world number one next Monday, in two sets to advance to the final. It is worth noting that Nadal defused all 11 break points in the second set and continued to refresh his career-best season start winning streak, which has now accumulated to 14 consecutive wins.
In another semi-final, Nori defeated Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 to win eight consecutive men's singles wins on the Tour to reach the Acapulco final. It is worth noting that Nori was also successfully revenged by defeating opponents in the final of last year's Lyon station. Nori celebrates his ninth Tour final and is the first singles title to reach the ATP 500 after the Queens Cup grass game in June 2021. Nadal vs Nori in the final, look forward to it!