Medvedev loses semi-final in US Open warm up event

World tennis number one Daniil Medvedev was left disappointed on Saturday night when Stefanos Tsitsipas beat him in a US semi-final Read Full Article at RT.com

Medvedev loses semi-final in US Open warm up event

The Russian failed to get past Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Cincinnati Masters

Russian world tennis number one Daniil Medvedev will not defend his US Open crown as the champion of the Cincinnati Open after losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals of the Grand Slam warm-up on Saturday. 

Medvedev battled back from losing a tense first set 7-6 (6) to take the second set 6-3.

In the third, however, Tsitsipas beat him by the same score (6-3) to dump the Moscow native out of the competition and set up a final meeting with Borna Coric.

Tsitsipas reduced the gap to 3-7 in the pair's head to head series on the ATP men's tour with his win, but admitted later that the two-hour twenty three minute encounter was no cake walk.