Daniil Medvedev vs. Milos Raonic – Prediction – ATP Paris (France) 7.11.2020

H2H: Daniil Medvedev v Milos Raonic – comparison.

Their previous two meetings came after Milos Raonic returned from the injury break in 2018, and unsurprisingly, Daniil Medvedev won both of those matches in Tokyo 2018 and Brisbane 2019. The Russian will once again start as the favorite, but Milos Raonic, with a strong serving performance, can always be a dangerous opponent in these conditions.

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Milos Raonic made a terrific comeback from 1-5 down in the deciding set tiebreaker and later saved a matchpoint at 4-6 to edge past Ugo Humbert in a closely contested quarterfinal match on Friday. The big-serving Canadian fired 25 aces and created ten breakpoint chances during this win, 6-3 3-6 7-6. “I wouldn’t necessarily say that that match point is the way I want to be playing too many points that I saved in that long rally. But I just tried to stick with it as much as possible, tried to find a way through and got a bit fortunate, hit a few balls close to the line. Today it turned my way, but I’ve just got to keep plugging away. Doesn’t necessarily mean it always will, but at least give it a chance for it to turn around,” said Milos Raonic after the win.

Regardless of the struggle, it was an excellent result for the former world #3 Milos Raonic especially considering Ugo Humbert is a solid player on indoor hard court and had won 11 matches in a row on the surface over the last few weeks, including a title in Antwerp. This will be Milos Raonic’s fourth semifinal appearance on the main tour this season. He previously defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas at this stage in Cincinnati Masters but failed against Reilly Opelka and Borna Coric in Delray Beach and St.Petersburg. Notably, he won the first set in both of the semifinal matches that he lost. Former world #3 Milos Raonic is a former finalist of Paris Masters but was forced to pull out of his most recent semifinal match here against Andy Murray in 2016.

Daniil Medvedev made easy work of the in-form Diego Schwartzman to confirm his semifinal berth in Paris Masters. In what was expected to be a tough match, the Russian won 96% of his first-serve points and dominated the match right from the start, 6-3 6-1. This was a much-needed confidence-boosting performance and result for Daniil Medvedev, who struggled for form and confidence in recent weeks as he failed early in Hamburg, French Open, and St.Petersburg and lost to the struggling Kevin Anderson in Vienna last week.

“It was a good match. I kept my level high, and he made some errors, which gave me control of the match. It didn’t feel like a short match, as there are always rallies with Diego. I’m happy to have won quickly today. I’m pleased to have gone deep in Paris, as it will help for the [Nitto ATP Finals] in London. I produced some good tennis today,” said Daniil Medvedev. Daniil Medvedev, who won four titles and made an impressive 12 semifinal appearances on the main tour during a hugely successful 2019 season, has played only one semifinal match this year and ended up losing it in straight sets against Dominic Thiem in the US Open.

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