{"id":260694,"date":"2022-11-18T17:37:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/18\/djokovic-downs-medvedev-in-thriller-to-stay-unbeaten-in-atp-finals-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T17:37:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:37:38","slug":"djokovic-downs-medvedev-in-thriller-to-stay-unbeaten-in-atp-finals-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/11\/18\/djokovic-downs-medvedev-in-thriller-to-stay-unbeaten-in-atp-finals-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic downs Medvedev in thriller to stay unbeaten in ATP Finals | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/novak-djokovic\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_novak-djokovic\" frmappuse=\"1\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> stayed unbeaten in the round-robin stage of the <!-- -->ATP Finals<!-- --> as he overcame Russia&#8217;s <!-- -->Daniil Medvedev<!-- --> 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(2) in a gruelling clash at the Pala Alpitour in Turin on Friday to top the Red Group. <br \/>Djokovic, who is chasing a sixth title at the season-ending championship to match Roger Federer&#8217;s record, drew first blood in a tight opening set to take a 5-3 lead and consolidated the break for the early advantage in the match. <br \/>Trailing 5-4 in the next, the Serbian saved three set points and drew level with a blistering cross-court shot at the end of a 26-shot rally but appeared to struggle physically in losing the tiebreak as he allowed Medvedev back into the match. <br \/>Having already reached the semi-finals after beating <!-- -->Andrey Rublev<!-- --> on Wednesday, some might have expected <!-- -->Djokovic<!-- --> to ease up and save his energy for Saturday&#8217;s semi-final meeting with <!-- -->Taylor Fritz<!-- --> but the 35-year-old responded in style. <br \/>The Serbian battled back from a break down in the decider to hand Medvedev his third straight defeat after three hours and five minutes. <br \/>&#8220;Daniil and I have had some battles in the past and I knew coming into the match it was going to be his last of the season and he wouldn&#8217;t want to finish with a loss,&#8221; Djokovic said. <br \/>&#8220;I started off well, had chances in the second set, had break points but he played very well in those decisive points. He was playing really quick. I didn&#8217;t feel physically well in the third, struggled a lot. It&#8217;s a battle and it&#8217;s a fight. <br \/>&#8220;Being able to find the last drop of energy to come back &#8230; at 4-5 (in the third set) I managed to read his serve and anticipate well and got myself in a good position.&#8221; <br \/>Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas meets Russian Rublev later on Friday, with the winner facing Norway&#8217;s Casper Ruud in the semis. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n                      n.version = '2.0';\n                      n.queue = [];\n                      t = b.createElement(e);\n                      t.async = !0;\n                      t.src = v;\n                      s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n                    })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n                    fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n                    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                  };\n                })(\n                  window,\n                  document,\n                  'script',\n                  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n                );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n                    var scripts = [\n                    'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js' ,\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074',\n                    'https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js',\n                    'https:\/\/tvid.in\/sdk\/loader.js',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/video_comscore_api\/version-3.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-1.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n                  ];\n                    scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n                      let script = document.createElement('script');\n                      script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n                      if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      }\n                      script.async = true;\n                      document.body.appendChild(script);\n                    });\n                  }\n                }\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/tennis\/top-stories\/djokovic-downs-medvedev-in-thriller-to-stay-unbeaten-in-atp-finals\/articleshow\/95611680.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Novak Djokovic stayed unbeaten in the round-robin stage of the ATP Finals as he overcame Russia&#8217;s Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(2) in a gruelling clash at the Pala Alpitour in Turin on Friday to top the Red Group. 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