Medvedev clinches fiftieth Prime 10 win, advances to Shanghai SFs

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Medvedev clinches fiftieth Prime 10 win, advances to Shanghai SFs

Former World No. 1 defeats De Minaur 6-4, 6-4

October 10, 2025

Daniil Medvedev recorded his fiftieth Prime 10 win on Friday on the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the place he defeated Alex de Minaur to achieve his second ATP Masters 1000 semi-final of the season.

In a bodily encounter, with greater than 32 factors going past 9 pictures, Medvedev discovered the sting towards De Minaur, who was barely off his finest. The 29-year-old struck 11 extra winners than the Australian (27-16), dedicated two fewer unforced errors (25-27) and gained 15 of his 16 first-serve factors within the second set to advance after one hour and 53 minutes.

“I used to be tremendous drained and I knew towards Alex, like towards Learner, we might have lengthy factors. I believe within the third or fourth sport we had a pair and I believed it was going to be a protracted day, however I’m proud of the best way I performed,” Medvedev stated after enhancing to 8-4 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head collection towards De Minaur. “I used to be actually clutch within the necessary moments and hitting the ball nice and placing him beneath stress. The second set was tight however I discovered one of the best on the finish. I’m actually proud of the extent.”

Medvedev is chasing his first tour-level title since Rome in Could 2023 and he’ll subsequent meet Arthur Rinderknech within the final 4. Earlier this season, the sixteenth seed superior to the semi-finals in Indian Wells however misplaced to Holger Rune.

Medvedev, who triumphed in Shanghai in 2019, has reached 50 tour-level semi-finals on onerous courts, with 18 of his 20 titles approaching the floor. He has been made to work onerous in his quest for title quantity 21 in Shanghai, the place he additionally survived a three-set epic towards Learner Tien within the fourth spherical.

De Minaur leaves Shanghai seventh within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Turin. The ten-time tour-level champion is 640 factors away from Tenth-placed Felix Auger-Aliassime, who’s the primary participant outdoors the Prime 8 reduce because of ninth-placed Jack Draper being sidelined for the remainder of the 12 months with damage. De Minaur is aiming to compete on the Nitto ATP Finals for the second consecutive season.