Daniil Medvedev is thru to his first semi-final of the season in Marseille. The previous champion confronted Jan-Lennard Struff within the quarter-final and scored a 6-3, 6-2 win in an hour and 18 minutes.
Like within the second spherical, Medvedev managed the tempo in opposition to a harmful rival on an indoor courtroom. The Russian took 17 factors greater than his opponent and defended all 5 break factors, mounting the strain on the opposite aspect.
Struff performed poorly and dropped virtually half of the factors in his video games. He confronted 12 break factors and defended eight. Nonetheless, the better-ranked participant supplied eight breaks and sailed excessive in beneath 80 minutes.
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Medvedev takes out Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3 6-2 to succeed in the final 4 🎉#Open13Provence pic.twitter.com/hPfHzNa0wo
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Daniil landed 20 service winners and completed the duel with a 23-18 ratio. Jan-Lennard landed solely seven unreturned serves and struggled from the baseline. The German rushed to the web virtually 30 occasions, taking 17 of 27 factors after transferring ahead.
Struff produced two tremendous holds initially of the duel and created two break probabilities at 2-1 after tremendous hitting. Medvedev denied them with service winners and landed one other to deliver the sport house and lock the outcome at 2-2.
Jan-Lennard Struff & Daniil Medvedev, Marseille 2025© Stream screenshot
The previous champion confronted extra points at 2-3 after a unfastened backhand. Daniil saved the primary with a strong serve and the second with a compelled error, maintaining his serve intact. Jan-Lennard missed his probabilities and misplaced the bottom.
He defended two break factors within the seventh recreation and wasted a recreation likelihood. Medvedev transformed the third break likelihood with a fortunate internet wire return winner, transferring 4-3 up and forging the benefit. The Russian struggled behind the preliminary shot once more in recreation eight.
Jan-Lennard Struff, Marseille 2025© Stream screenshot
He denied the fifth and final break level with a well-constructed assault and a volley winner on the internet earlier than holding for 5-3. Daniil returned nicely within the ninth recreation, drawing Jan-Lennard’s mistake and taking the opener 6-3 in 42 minutes.
The highest-10 participant served nicely within the second set and saved the strain on the opposite aspect. Struff held after deuces within the second recreation and confronted extra critical points at 1-2. The lower-ranked participant missed a volley on the third break level, falling a set and a break behind.
Daniil Medvedev, Marseille 2025© Stream screenshot
Medvedev fired an ace within the fifth recreation, holding at love and transferring 4-1 in entrance. The previous champion landed one other ace in recreation seven and opened a 5-2 hole. Jan-Lennard served to remain within the match in recreation eight and defended three match factors.
The Russian generated the fourth with a compelled error and seized it after the rival’s volley mistake.
