Medvedev Clinches Fourth ATP Masters 1000 Title I

Top seed Daniil Medvedev captured his fourth ATP Masters 1000 crown on Sunday in Toronto, overcoming American Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-3 to become the first Russian champion at the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers since Marat Safin in 2000.

The 25-year-old took down big-server John Isner in the semi-finals as he stood two or three feet closer to the baseline on return to counter the height and angle of the serve. Medvedev successfully repeated this against 6’ 11” Opelka, breaking twice as he recorded victory in 85 minutes.

”I could not have dreamt of [this] at one point,” Medvedev said in his on-court interview. “With Masters, with Novak [Djokovic] and Rafael [Nadal] playing, it seemed like an untouchable achievement. Now I have four wins in five finals, which is a good score. I am just happy. I want to achieve more. I am really happy I achieved this in Canada.