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Patna : Top seed Daniil Medvedev, 26, Russia, and 4th seed Raael Nadal, 35, Spain, will clash in semi-final of Mexican Open ( Ablerto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC), an ATP 500 series outdoor hard courts event at Acapulco, Mexico, on February 26, 2022, at 9.30 am. Nadal had defeated Medvedev, the reigning US Open champion, in Australian Open final this year in a five-set marathon lasting 5 hrs 24 minutes .to win his record 21st Grand Slam singles title.
World No 2 Medvedev brushed aside qualifier & World No 103 Yoshihito Nishioka, 26, Japan, 6-2, 6-3 in quarter-final in just 70 minutes on February 25, 2022, hammering 12 Aces during the match. The Russian, who will become World No 1 next week, won 6 break points during the match to 3 by the Japanese. Medvedev, in all, won 53 points in the match to 37 points by Nishioka. The Russian won 5 games in a row during the match to 2 by Nishioka.
World No 5 Nadal beat World No 39 Tommy Paul, 24, USA, in straight sets 6-0, 7-6 in quarter-final in 2hr 03 minutes. Nadal won 6 break points during the match to 3 by Paul. The Spaniard committed 4 double faults to 2 by the Americam.Nadal won 6 games in a row during the match to 2 by Paul. The Spaniard, in all, won 82 points in the match to 61 by the American. Paul served 4 Aces in the match to 2 by Nadal.
Third seed & World No 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, 23, Greece, advanced to semi-finals of the event after defeating World No 59 Marcos Giron, 28, USA, 6-3, 6-4 in quarter-final in 77 minutes winning 2 break points and 3 games in a row during the match.
Sixth seed & World No 12 Cameron Norrie,26, UK, reached the semi-finals of the event crushing Peter Gojowczyk, 32, Germany, 6-1, 6-0 in QF winning 6 break points and 10 games in a row during the match.