ATP World Tour Finals
Fritz against Medvedev from 2 p.m. LIVE
Taylor Fritz has won the opening match of the ATP World Tour Finals in Turin against Daniil Medvedev. The US-American beat the Russian in two sets 6:4 and 6:3.
US Open finalist Taylor Fritz took the first step towards the hoped-for semi-final at the 15.25 million dollar ATP Finals for tennis professionals in Turin on Sunday. The US-American beat former world number one Daniil Medvedev from Russia 6:4, 6:3 in the first singles match of the season's final of the eight best players.
Medvedev was extremely frustrated in the first match of the "Ilie Nastase" group. In the first set, he made a series of double faults at an unfavorable time. Three double faults on his own serve and with the score at 4:5 led to the loss of the set.
Point deduction against Medvedev
Medvedev then conceded a point in the middle of the second set. The world number four was annoyed by a lucky, successful lob from Fritz, threw his racket and was warned a second time. Medvedev had to accept the break to 2:4. Fritz was allowed to start the next game at 15:0. The match was now decided.
Top stars are challenged
The top two players from the two groups of four will reach the semi-finals of the end-of-year tournament. Other preliminary round opponents of Medvedev and Fritz are the Italian top favorite Jannik Sinner and ATP Finals debutant Alex de Minaur from Australia, who will compete in the evening (8.30 pm).
The "John Newcombe" group starts on Monday with the matches of Carlos Alcaraz (ESP-3) against Casper Ruud (NOR-6) and Alexander Zverev (GER-2) against Andrej Rublev (RUS-8).
Of the top eight in the ATP ranking, Novak Djokovic (5th) had to withdraw due to injury, meaning that for the first time in 23 years, none of the "big three", including Djokovic, the already retired Roger Federer and almost-"retired" Rafael Nadal, will be at the "Masters".
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