Suara.com – Seeded Daniil Medvedev won his fourth ATP Masters 1000 crown on Monday (8/16/2021) CET with a 2021 Canada Masters victory over American Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-3 in the final.
The world’s No. 2 ATP tennis player became the first Russian player to win the ATP 1000 hard-court tournament.
“It was unimaginable to win this, but now I have four (ATP 1000) wins in five finals. I am happy and want more achievements after reaching this point in Canada,” Medvedev said in a report from the ‘ATP Tour, Monday (8/16/2021). ).
Previously, Medvedev had also eliminated Opelka’s compatriot John Isner in the semi-finals. Isner, who is known as one of the tennis players with the best service, couldn’t stop Medvedev’s playing strategy.
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In the final, Medvedev repeated his strategy again, delivering bait shots that led to either side of the pitch.
This technique forces Opelka to run after the ball and leave her defensive position on the back line.
“Opelka played very good points. He fought to the end, saved break points at crucial moments,” said Medvedev.
Opelka became the first American to reach a Canada Masters final since Mardy Fish in 2011, Andy Roddick being the last American to win a Canadian title in 2003.
Medvedev said Opelka’s play in the final was very impressive. The 25-year-old also knows playing the final round of the first ATP 1000 level tournament is tough, but Opelka can do well.
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“Playing in the first ATP Masters final wasn’t easy. I played (at ATP 1000 level) for the first time in Canada, and only won three games,” Medvedev revealed.
Medvedev has now won 12 titles at the ATP Tour level, 11 of which were hard-won. He was 4-1 in the Masters 1000 final, also winning trophies in Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris.
The only loss he suffered was in the 2019 Canada Masters final round, losing to Rafael Nadal in the tournament then being held in Montreal.
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