{"id":37782,"date":"2017-08-01T05:57:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T05:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=37782"},"modified":"2017-08-01T05:58:47","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T05:58:47","slug":"medvedev-fights-off-match-point-advances-at-citi-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/tennis\/medvedev-fights-off-match-point-advances-at-citi-open.html","title":{"rendered":"Medvedev fights off match point, advances at Citi Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Medvedev fights off match point, advances at Citi Open<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Daniil Medvedev fought off a match point with a 129-mph ace during a third-set tiebreak and beat Reilly Opelka to advance to the second round of the Citi Open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Medvedev, of Russia, twisted his ankle on the final point before the tiebreak, but shook off the pain to defeat the American 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (6) in 2 hours, 26 minutes on Monday night. He will next face 14th-seeded American Steve Johnson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">In other first-round action, Henri Laaksonen of Switzerland beat Canadian Vasek Pospisil in three sets. Laaksonen next faces top-seeded Dominic Thiem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">In the women&#8217;s draw, former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic retired while trailing Oceane Dodin 2-0 in the third set. Dodin will next face Sara Errani, who beat Risa Ozaki in straight sets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Second-ranked Simona Halep plays her first-round match on Tuesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/tennis\/2017\/08\/01\/medvedev-fights-off-match-point-advances-at-citi-open\/104182936\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/tennis\/medvedev-fights-off-match-point-advances-at-citi-open.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medvedev fights off match point, advances at Citi Open Daniil Medvedev fought off a match point with a 129-mph ace during a third-set tiebreak and beat Reilly Opelka to advance to the second round of the Citi Open. 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