After a series of surprises on Friday, one trend continued at the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Saturday: Daniil Medvedev’s final streak.
The Russian advanced to his sixth straight tour-level after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(5), 7-5 in Shanghai, extending his unbeaten FedEx ATP Head2Head record against the Greek to five matches. Medvedev saved four of five break points throughout the one-hour, 36-minute clash to reach a tour-leading ninth final of the season.
Most Tour-level Finals In 2019
| Player | Finals |
| Daniil Medvedev | 9 |
| Novak Djokovic | 5 |
| Rafael Nadal | 5 |
| Roger Federer | 5 |
| Dominic Thiem | 5 |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas | 5 |
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Since arriving at the Citi Open in July, Medvedev has compiled a 28-3 record at tour-level. The Cincinnati and St. Petersburg titlist’s only losses during that period have occurred in championship matches. Medvedev also improves to 58-17 at tour-level this year, which includes a tour-leading 45 hard-court wins and 21 Masters 1000 victories.
Medvedev will meet one of two Nitto ATP Finals contenders in the championship match, with Alexander Zverev and Matteo Berrettini meeting in the second semi-final. The 23-year-old is yet to defeat Zverev in four FedEx ATP Head2Head encounters, but claimed victory in his only previous FedEx ATP Head2Head clash against Berrettini at last year’s BNP Paribas Open.
Tsitsipas was bidding to reach his second final in as many weeks on the ATP Tour. The 21-year-old, who confirmed his debut appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals on Friday, also advanced to the China Open final in Beijing last week (l. to Thiem).
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