Nadal celebrated his 14th victory this season and will play for his 91st title in the final on Saturday. His surprise opponent is Britain’s Cameron Norrie, who eliminated higher-ranked Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4. Almost a month after the memorable final at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, Nadal and Medvedev, who will become the new world No. 1 from Monday, fought another tough battle. In the game, which lasted a good two hours, Nadal was the more efficient player. He took three of his six break chances and fended off all of Medvedev’s eleven break chances in the second set. In any case, the result sounds far clearer than the course of the game was.
Nadal: “It was very difficult”
“Daniil played really aggressively in the second set, with a lot of stops and winners,” said Nadal, who has won the title three times in Acapulco. “It was very difficult and I was lucky in the second set. It’s great to win against the currently best player in the world and to be in the final,” said the 35-year-old Spaniard.
Nadal can crown the best start of his career on Saturday with the final victory in the left-hander duel Norrie. Nadal has won all three previous encounters against Norrie.
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