
MOSCOW, 8 Oct. Russian Daniil Medvedev withdrew due to injury after the second set of the semi-final match against Serb Novak Djokovic at the ATP 500 tennis tournament in Astana (Kazakhstan), the prize fund of which is $1.9 million. Medvedev won the first set and lost in the second tie-break — 6:4, 6:7 (6:8). The Russian was seeded at the tournament under the second number, Djokovic — under the fourth. Tennis players spent 1 hour 47 minutes on the court.Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)Astana Open08 October 2022 • start at 15:35FinishedNovak DjokovicSerbia1 : 14:67:60:0Daniil MedvedevRussiaIn the final of the tournament in Astana, Djokovic will play with the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (third seed) ), who defeated the Russian Andrei Rublev. Djokovic strengthened his advantage in a personal confrontation with Medvedev. Now the Serbian has seven victories and four defeats.

