The Danish tennis player achieves his third important victory in his career in Monte Carlo. Rune manages to maintain a good rhythm throughout, thus defeating Daniil Medvedev in two sets (6-3, 6-4) following 1h18min of intense tennis.
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Daniil Medvedev was facing the third of the matches corresponding to a new edition of a Masters 1000 tournament in the city of Monte Carlo in this month of April 2023. He did it following going ahead in the men’s final tablewhere he would have to face the Danish tennis player in the quarterfinals Holger Rune. The Russian player came to this match following having previously beaten Lorenzo Sonego and Alexander Zverev. For his part, the tennis player from Denmark came to this match following having done the same once morest Dominic Thiem and Matteo Berrettinialthough the latter through a walkover. Inside of the head to head there are no precedents between the two tennis players, so it will be the first time they will face each other in official competition.
Holger Rune starts the match firmly
The match started strong for Holger Rune. Daniil Medvedev would respond at the moment, although it would be of little use. quickly racket danish would manage to chain up to three consecutive games, with a break in favor, to leave the match 4-1 in their favor. Timidly he would try to bring Medvedev closer with his serve, who was looking to improve his bad entry into the game. Holger Rune always took the initiative with his service, being the player who was hitting the hardest with his forehand. Finally, and following taking advantage of his only set point, Rune managed to win the first round following a comfortable 6-3 favorable.
The Danish racket leaves out a favorite for the throne
At the start of the second set it would now be Daniil Medvedev who would start commanding the initial score. At the moment Holger Rune would respond, who scored two consecutive games in his locker. In the same way, Medvedev took advantage, who placed 3-2 in his locker. The Danish racket began to hit good shots, in addition to causing his opponent to have several failures that would, in the end, take their toll. Finally, and following obtaining three consecutive games, Holger Rune took advantage of his only match point to make it 6-4 to his credit. This confirmed his pass to the semifinals of the Monaco tournament.
