ATP Marseille: Medvedev's misery continues, falls to Simon

Gilles Simon claimed his 29th career win at the Open 13 Marseille, stunning Daniil Medvedev in the process.

Published : Feb 22, 2020 10:15 IST , MARSEILLE (FRANCE)

Another tournament, another disappointment for Daniil Medvedev as he fell to Giles Simon 4-6, 0-6.
Another tournament, another disappointment for Daniil Medvedev as he fell to Giles Simon 4-6, 0-6.
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Another tournament, another disappointment for Daniil Medvedev as he fell to Giles Simon 4-6, 0-6.

Daniil Medvedev's run of poor results continued at the Open 13 Marseille as he suffered a heavy straight-sets defeat to Gilles Simon.

Top seed Medvedev looked to have put his shock loss to Vasek Pospisil in Rotterdam behind him when he beat teenager Jannik Sinner in three sets to reach the last eight in the south of France.

However, he lasted just 67 minutes on court as Simon won their quarterfinal in a 6-4 6-0 rout, racking up his 29th victory in Marseille, the most he has claimed at any ATP Tour event.

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Simon's win sets up a semifinal with Rotterdam finalist Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 19-year-old defeating Egor Gerasimov 7-5 6-2.

Pospisil was unable to earn a second shock victory in as many weeks, losing to world number six Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5 6-3.

Auger-Aliassime will be the sole Canadian in the last four, with Denis Shapovalov joining Pospisil exiting at the quarter-final stage.

Fourth seed Shapovalov won the second set against Alexander Bublik, but was unable to complete a comeback after losing the first and was eventually defeated 7-5 4-6 6-3.

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