Taylor Fritz and Daniil Medvedev were right respectively from Aleksandar Vukic and Reilly Opelka to rally the 8th finals of the Washington Tournament.
Protected by his serial status No. 1, Taylor Fritz entered the second round of the Washington tournament this Wednesday. Faced with Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard, Australian Aleksandar Vukic, The American did not drag, remaining only 59 minutes on the court to endorse his presence in the final 8th (6-3, 6-2). Having only one break ball, the native of Rancho Santa Fe has shown exemplary solidity. In the next round, the 4th world player will play the Italian Matteo Arnaldi, winner of his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego in just over two hours (7-5, 7-5).
Twice, the one who saved in the first round four match balls against Daniel Altmaier, Breaké Lorenzo Sonego at 5-5 before serving successfully for the gain of the first round, then the gain of the match. For his part, Daniil Medvedev also spent two hours on the court to get rid of Reilly Opelka (3-6, 7-5, 6-1). Surprised in the first round, the Russian then endeavored to have the American thwarted, guilty of 51 direct faults (against Medvedev). The seeded n ° 8 falls in 8th on the Chinese Yibing Wu, surprising 243rd in the world which offered the Scalp (7-5, 5-7, 6-3) of a resident of the world top 25 for the first time in two years: the Australian Alexei Popyrin.
By 8th minaur against Lehecka
The compatriot of Yibing Wu, Yunchaokete Bu, however, had the same success against another Australian, Alex de Minaur (7-6 (5), 6-2). A little more than two weeks after his 8th finals lost in Wimbledon against Novak Djokovic, the 13th world was scared on the occasion of his return to competition, a breaké from the start before setting the record straight and winning the first round to the tie-break. Then in the second set, he unrolled. In 8th, Alex de Minaur will come across the iron with the Czech Jiri Lehecka, stronger than the American Zachary Zvajda (6-4, (5) 6-7, 6-3).
