Novak Djokovic remained unbeaten on the ATP finals on Friday after a battling 6-3, 6-7 (5/7) 7-6 (7/2) win over Daniil Medvedev. Djokovic went into the Red Group useless tie already assured of his place within the semi-finals after wins over Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Medvedev in distinction was already eradicated after losses in each his outings on the hardcourt in Turin. Djokovic faces American Taylor Fritz on Saturday with the second semi-final between Casper Ruud and the winner of Friday’s late recreation between Tsitsipas and Rublev.

After having to dig deep into his psychological and bodily reserves Djokovic mentioned: “Daniil and I have had some battles in the past and I knew coming into the match that it was going to be his last match of the season and he wouldn’t want to finish with a loss.”

With each gamers buying and selling punches like heavyweights within the ring Djokovic took the primary set just for Medvedev to pressure a decider sealing the second set on his fourth set level.

Djokovic rallied again from a break right down to earn his fortieth tour-level win of the season after three hours and 5 minutes.

“I started off very well. I had chances in the second set, had some break points but he played very well in those decisive points,” he mentioned.

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“He was playing really quick. I didn’t feel physically well in the third set, struggled a lot. It is a battle and it is a fight.”

The 35-year-old is aiming to tie Roger Federer’s document six triumphs on the match, which is being held in Turin for the second time.

The former World No. 1 has now received 16 of his previous 17 matches, having triumphed in Tel Aviv and Astana final month.

Aside from his three on court docket wins this week, he was boosted by the information that he has been granted a visa to play within the Australian Open in January.

He was kicked in another country within the lead-up to the Melbourne Grand Slam earlier this yr after refusing to be vaccinated towards Covid-19.

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