Daniil Medvedev ended Novak Djokovic’s 20-match winning streak by
beating the world’s top-ranked player 6-4, 6-4 to reach the final at the
Dubai Championships on Friday.The third-seeded Medvedev will face defending champion Andrey Rublev in an
all-Russian final of the hard-court tournament.The former No. 1 player
picked up trophies in Rotterdam and Doha before coming to Dubai and beating
Djokovic to extend his winning streak to 13 matches, the second longest of
his career.Medvedev broke Djokovic twice in the first set and again to open the
second, eventually closing it out on his first match point.
beating the world’s top-ranked player 6-4, 6-4 to reach the final at the
Dubai Championships on Friday.The third-seeded Medvedev will face defending champion Andrey Rublev in an
all-Russian final of the hard-court tournament.The former No. 1 player
picked up trophies in Rotterdam and Doha before coming to Dubai and beating
Djokovic to extend his winning streak to 13 matches, the second longest of
his career.Medvedev broke Djokovic twice in the first set and again to open the
second, eventually closing it out on his first match point.
Medvedev hadn’t beaten Djokovic since the 2021 U.S. Open final for his
first — and only — major title. That win denied Djokovic the first
calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s singles since 1969.
