Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev in the China Open semifinal in Beijing, where an ATP 500 on hard court with a prize money of $4.1 million is being played. The score was 7:5, 5:3, with sets 2:0. This victory sends the Serbian into the final of the tournament. The match statistics were provided by api.tennis.
Djokovic takes the first set, the match ends in retirement in the second
Djokovic's route to the final looks like this: in the round of 32 he beat Nuno Borges (6:3, 7:6), in the round of 16 Yunchaokete Bu (4:6, 7:6, 6:2), and in the quarterfinal Alexander Zverev (4:6, 6:4, 6:4). In his two previous matches before the semifinal, he lost the first set and still went on to win the match. Medvedev had reached the semifinal without dropping a set: Pablo Carreno Busta (6:4, 6:2), Jan-Lennard Struff (6:4, 6:3) and Francisco Cerundolo (7:6, 6:3). Medvedev also has a win over Andrey Rublev in the final of the AITO Hangzhou Open (7:5, 6:4). Djokovic's recent results also include a first-round US Open defeat to Mariano Navone (6:7, 7:5, 6:4, 2:6, 1:6).
According to rank.tennis, Djokovic is 11th with 2910 points. Medvedev is seventh with 3610 points. In Beijing, the Serbian was seeded sixth, while the Russian was seeded third.