Tsitsipas stuns Novak Djokovic in Shanghai Masters quarter-finals

vak Djokovic’s semifinal streak in Shanghai is over. defending champion from Serbia, a four-time winner of Shanghai Masters who h reached semifinals in all eight of his appearances at tournament, lost to sixth-seeded Stefas Tsitsipas 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Friday in quarterfinals.

Tsitsipas stuns Djokovic

“He deserved victory,” Djokovic said. “He was better player in second and third sets. I started well in first set, but I wasn’t sharp eugh.”

Until Friday’s match, Djokovic h won 24 straight sets in Asia, a run that included last year’s Shanghai Masters and title in Tokyo last week.

Tsitsipas has w beaten Djokovic twice in three matches. 21-year-old Greek defeated Djokovic in ir first meeting at 2018 Toronto tournament and Djokovic won ir match in Mrid this season.

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Tsitsipas also earned a place at year-end ATP Finals for first time on Friday. But that was guaranteed when third-seeded Daniil Medvedev beat Fabio Fognini 6-3, 7-6 (4) in ar quarterfinal match.

One match away

Medvedev, who will face Tsitsipas in Saturday’s semifinals, is one match away from reaching a sixth consecutive tournament final. He reached his first Grand Slam final at U.S. Open and n won titles in Cincinnati and St. Petersburg.

Medvedev les tour with 57 match wins this season and is 40-1 on hard courts when winning first set. only time he lost a hard-court match after winning first set was against Gael Monfils in Rotterdam.

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Prior to Friday’s match, Fognini said Medvedev was one of most dangerous players to face. “If some top players like Fabio can say this about me, shows that I’m in a good way, I’m playing good, and it’s t easy to play against me,” Medvedev said. “Surely, yeah, that’s what I tried to show today on match and it worked out.”

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