The China Open quarterfinal between Daniil Medvedev and Francisco Cerundolo ended with the Russian winning 7-6, 6-3. According to api.tennis, this match extended Medvedev’s winning streak to seven matches in a row: four in Hangzhou and three in Beijing before the semifinal. The main number from the Beijing stretch: 6:0 in sets across three matches before meeting Djokovic.
Match with Cerundolo. It was decided in the first set
Cerundolo turned out to be Medvedev’s most uncomfortable opponent in the Beijing stretch. Pablo Carreno Busta (6-4, 6-2) and Jan Lennard Struff (6-4, 6-3) did not take a single set to 7-6. Against Cerundolo, the first set went to a tiebreak, which Medvedev won. The second set, 6-3, was already much calmer.
Tiebreaks. An uneven balance
In Medvedev’s last 12 matches in the api.tennis database, five sets ended 7-6 or 6-7. The Russian won two of them: against Royer in Hangzhou and against Cerundolo in Beijing. He lost three: one set against Coleman Wong in Hangzhou and two sets against Frances Tiafoe in the round of 16 of the US Open (6-7, 4-6, 6-7). The tiebreak against Cerundolo came during that part of the season when such finishes were going in Medvedev’s favor.
Form before Beijing and after
Medvedev’s season-2026 record, according to api.tennis: 43 wins and 17 losses, one title and two finals. Five quarterfinal wins this season, including the one over Cerundolo in Beijing. According to rank.tennis, he is now sixth in the ATP rankings with 3860 points, and seventh in the live rankings with 3460 points.
The quarterfinal against Cerundolo was Medvedev’s seventh straight win and the toughest match of the Beijing week before the semifinal: only in it did the Russian have to win a tiebreak. The streak ended against Djokovic, and the semifinal itself was completed before the end of the second set.