The Brit will look to defend his title against the world number and Russian who also won his semi-final match.

This is Elias Laradi reporting live from the Abierto de Tenis Mifel in Los Cabos, Mexico.

It was semifinals day with the world number one facing the number four seed and Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.

A slow but great recovery from the Russian

Danil Medvedev found himself down an early break in the first set against the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic but managed to get the break back and force a first-set tiebreaker.

He ended up winning seven points right off the trot, took the first set, and cruised for a 7-6, 6-1 win in one hour and 26 minutes, serving 12 aces and winning 83% of his points off his first serve.

After his match, he spoke about why he felt comfortable in his first time to Los Cabos.

“I like to play on hard court but I honestly think the court is a bit too slow for my liking but it can’t be perfect conditions every week and the match was a very high level and I served better in the first set and tomorrow the key will be to keep this high level”.

Norrie reaches another final in Los Cabos

It took Cameron Norrie five attempts against the Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime before he could get his first win against the world number nine.

It took three sets and two hours and 19 minutes for the number three seed to post a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win. The first set stayed on serve until the Brit got the early break at 4-2 and from there served out the first set.

The second set is where the Montreal native started to fight back getting an early break this time to take a 2-0 lead but the number three seed broke right back and leveled the set at 2-2.

At 4-3, the Canadian had another opportunity to get the crucial break and serve out the second set to force a third and he did just that. With the Mexican crowd backing the defending champion he got the crucial break in the third set.

He went on to serve out the match and send the Canadian packing and in his post-match press conference gave credit to his opponent.

“Felix got the better of me the last four meetings so today I wanted the win more than usual and I started great and I was able to finish well and got to sneak in a break early in the third and It felt really good to get through that one.”

Medvedev currently leads their head-to-head 1-0 with their only meeting being played back in 2019 in Shanghai with the current world number one winning easily 6-3, 6-1.

Felix Auger Aliassime is into the semifinals of the 2022 Abierto De Tenis Mifel after beating the California native Steve Johnson in straight sets 6-4, 7-6 in one hour and 49 minutes.

The Canadian serve was on full display as he served 17 aces and only lost one point on his first serve.

“It’s a pretty good stat,” he said when asked about it in his post-match on-court interview. “ I didn’t realize it was that good but I knew it was good and way better than yesterday and I know my serve is a good weapon for me”.

The Montreal native was on the hunt early for the first break of serve in the match and it came in the opening game set up by a mouthwatering passing shot winner.

That one break of serve was enough for the number two seed to take the opening set and is likely on a collision course to face the world number one, Danil Medvedev, in the final on Saturday night.

In the second set once again in back-to-back matches for the world number nine where things got tough and with chances galore for both players who didn’t flinch and the set was decided by a tiebreaker.

Johnson who is an alma mater from USC and played NCAA tennis before turning pro seemed frustrated and out of sorts and the Canadian capitalized on it jumping out to a 6-3 lead and finishing the match in style.

After the match, he was asked about the conditions since his match started a bit later than he did on Wednesday.

It’s nice last night there was a bit of shade to start the match which is never easy but I guess it’s the same for both but it’s still quite humid so I’ll have to recover.”

Auger Aliassime will now face the Brit Cameron Norrie in the semi-finals after he was able to beat the Moldovan Radu Albot in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 in one hour and 52 minutes.

The Canadian will go into that match with a perfect 4-0 record with their most recent meeting earlier in the year in Rotterdam, a tournament the Montreal native won for his first ever ATP title.

Daniil Medvedev has raced into the semifinals of the Los Cabos Open with a comprehensive win over Ricardas Berankis. 

The top seed dropped just four games during his 6-2, 6-2, victory over the Lithuanian world No.98 in what is his first tournament for over a month. Medvedev was particularly impressive behind his first serve where he won 21 out of 24 points played and remained unbroken throughout. At one stage of the match, he won eight games in a row en route to sealing the victory. 

“My opponent played very different, much more aggressive,” Medvedev said afterwards. 
“To be honest, against that type of player sometimes you don’t have much to do. Just try to serve well, bringing the balls back in the court.
“That’s what I managed to do. He missed a little bit too much today and that was enough.”

Earlier this week Medvedev defeated qualifier Rinky Hijikata to record his 250th Tour win. Becoming just the second player born after 1995 to do so on the men’s Tour. This season alone he has achieved 29 wins against 10 losses on the Tour. 

Awaiting the Russian in the semi-finals will be Miomir Kecmanovic who is through to the last four of an ATP event for the second time this season. Kecmanovic beat Brandon Nakashima 6-2, 6-4, in his quarter-final match.  

“He is a great player, very strong and is improving this season,” Medvedev said of his next opponent. “I know I have to play my best, as I have been doing. Here you need to win four matches for the title, I already owe two but the more I advance the more pressure. There are four great players (in the semi-finals).” 

The upcoming match will be key for Medvedev’s reign as world No.1. Should he win, he will generate enough points to keep him in the top spot until at least the end of the US Open where he will be defending 2000 points as the reigning champion. 

In the other half of the draw, Cameron Norrie continued his title defence with a 6-3, 7-6(4), win over Radu Albot. He has become the first player in history to have won 10 matches at the tournament. Albot is the 19th consecutive player ranked outside the top 100 Norrie has beaten on the Tour. 

“I know Radu, he is a great competitor and athlete. I didn’t really start my best again today so had to fight from behind,” said Norrie. 
“I was ahead in the second set and then got a little nervous there, then he upped his game.
“I served for the match but played a terrible game. But that happens and I had enough confidence to accept it was OK and relax, then play a good tie-break after that.”

Norrie will next play Felix Auger-Aliassime who beat Steve Johnson 6-4, 7-6(3). He trails the Canadian 0-4 in their head-to-head and has already lost to him twice this season.