Daniil Medvedev comes back to win Vienna Open against Denis Shapovalov

Daniil Medvedev did not start well but the Russian finished really strong against Denis Shapovalov in the Vienna Open final 4-6 6-3 6-2.

Medvedev was playing well all week long in Vienna but started the final really badly. He looked out of funk and struggled to read the game of Shapovalov who was, to his credit, really strong. The Canadian took the double break lead early which proved crucial because Medvedev started to play a bit better later on pulling one back.

It was not enough for the complete turnaround as Shapovalov held behind 19 winners to Medvedev's 11. The second set was much better by Medvedev but he did have some issues at times. Despite taking an early 4-1 lead, Shapovalov was able to battle back and break Medvedev making it 4-3.

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He played a poor game to give his serve right back and he didn't have enough to come back from that 3-6. The Canadian struggled with his serve all match long never finding a very good rhythm and it was pretty poor in the final set. He hit only 44% of his first serves and he wasn't very good from the baseline hitting only 6 winners and committing 12 unforced errors.

That gave Medvedev plenty of chances and he took them as he cruised to a 6-2 finish.

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