Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas are scheduled to face one another in the Semifinals of the 2022 Cincinnati Open on Sunday, August 21.
World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev continued his strong run in the tournament on Thursday, defeating Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals. During the match, Medvedev had 18 aces and 32 winners. During the competition, he faced six break points but saved them all. The Russian also converted one of three break points he held to win the one-hour, 38-minute match 7-6 (7-1), 6-3. Medvedev defeated Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round and Denis Shapovalov in the third. Following Friday’s victory, he improved to 14-4 in Cincinnati. He won the title in 2019 and reached the semifinals last year before losing to Andrey Rublev.
Stefanos Tsitsipas, world No. 7, needed two hours and 30 minutes to beat John Isner in the quarterfinals on Friday. The fourth seeded Greek was out-aced 7-18 and hit 13 fewer winners than the American’s 54, but he won the crucial moments to defeat the World No 50, 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 6-3. This season, Tsitsipas improved to 45-15. In the second round, he defeated Filip Krajinovi 6-3, 6-4, and in the Round of 16, he defeated Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-3. In Cincinnati, he has now reached his third consecutive semifinal. But he failed to reach the finals in the last two years, losing to Milos Raonic in 2020 and Alexander Zverev last year.
Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas are scheduled to face one another in the Semifinals of the 2022 Cincinnati Open on Sunday, August 21. The tournament is scheduled to run from August 14 till August 21.
The 2022 Cincinnati Open will see six rounds of action excluding the qualifiers. These include the round of 64, round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final for both men’s and women’s. The tournament is scheduled to commence on August 14 and conclude on August 21 this year.
Competition Stage | Date |
Round of 64 | August 14 , 16 |
Round of 32 | August 16 , 17 |
Round of 16 | August 18 |
Quarter-finals | August 19 |
Semi-finals | August 20 |
Finals | August 21 |
Player | Seed |
Daniil Medvedev | 1 |
Rafael Nadal | 2 |
Carlos Alcaraz | 3 |
Stefanos Tsitsipas | 4 |
Casper Ruud | 5 |
Andrey Rublev | 6 |
Felix Auger-Aliassime | 7 |
Hubert Hurkacz | 8 |
Country | Where to watch |
Australia | beIN Sports |
Canada | TSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports |
India | Voot/Sports18 |
UK | Amazon Prime Video |
US | Tennis Channel |