Fritz keeps cool to beat raging Medvedev in ATP Finals

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****** keeps cool to beat raging Medvedev in ATP Finals

Taylor ****** has made a strong start to the ATP Finals in Turin with a straight-sets victory over an ****** racquet-smashing Daniil Medvedev.

The *********, who reached the semi-finals on his debut two years ago, produced a level-headed display to claim a 6-4 6-3 victory in the tournament’s opening match on Sunday.

The same could not be said for Medvedev, who earned a warning for smashing his racquet after serving three straight double faults to end the opening set.

The Russian then lost his cool again after a mishit ****** lob landed on the baseline to seal the crucial break for 4-2 in the second set, throwing his racquet and swiping at a microphone to earn a point penalty.

Soon afterwards, the match was over, with fifth seed ****** determined to keep his focus no matter what was happening down the other end of the court.

“I definitely felt like at 5-3 he was going to reset and try as hard as he could to break me,” said the fifth seed ******.

“It’s very easy sometimes when someone’s doing that to relax and think they’re just going to be done.

“Then you drop your level. I just had to tell myself stay focused at 5-3, play a really good game because he was going to ****** for that game. Luckily I served a great game.”

It was a big win for ******, who led 21-15 in winners and had 14 unforced errors to Medvedev’s 22.

In September at the US Open, ****** became the first ********* man to reach a grand slam final in 15 years but he lost the championship match to world No.1 Jannik Sinner.

Later on Sunday, Sinner was set to play *********** debutant Alex de Minaur, who is making his debut at the finals, while ****** will get a rematch with Sinner later in the week.

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