ATP Cup 2022: Twitter reacts as Ugo Humbert stuns Daniil Medvedev
World No. 35 Ugo Humbert stunned Daniil Medvedev at the 2022 ATP Cup. The Frenchman defeated the World No. 2 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(2) in a ferocious battle lasting more than three hours.
The match saw many ups and downs, with both players gaining and losing leads on numerous occasions. Many are predicting it will go down as one of the best matches of the season.
Humbert lost the first set despite outplaying the Russian. The Frenchman then found himself 0-3 and 1-3 down in the second and third sets respectively, but managed to bounce back with some incredible forehands and phenomenal baseline play.
2022 starts with a tough loss for World no.2 Daniil Medvedev as he goes down in 3 sets against Ugo Humbert of France 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(2) in ATP Cup. France have levelled 1-1 with Russia and Doubles will decide the winner.
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#DaniilMedvedev #ATPCup #Russia https://t.co/gUQzXUIYYa
Medvedev, who won the highest number of matches in 2021, suffered his first defeat while representing Russia in over a year.
Surprisingly, Medvedev is yet to register a victory over Humbert on the ATP tour. In their only previous meeting in 2020, the Frenchman beat the World No. 2 convincingly in Hamburg.
Let's take a look at how Twitter reacted to Humbert's sensational win over Medvedev:
Famous sports journalist Jose Morgado opined that Humbert had "one of the best wins of his career."
Wow.
Ugo Humbert comes back from 0-3 in the 2nd set and gets one of the best wins of his career to start 2022.
6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(2) over #2 Daniil Medvedev. 3 hours.
RUS 1-1 FRA at the ATP Cup. Doubles to come.
[getty] https://t.co/rikvB2ciMd
Twitter user Karthik Rao provided ongoing commentary, capturing the drama as it unfolded.
Humbert doesn鈥檛 want to surrender without a fight 馃敟
After a good 1stservice games from both,Medvedev immediately broke Humbert
Humbert was up 0-40 in d 4th game n Medvedev made it 30-40 before Humbert eventually breaking Danii
Its 2-2 in d 1st set
#AtpCup #Humbert #Medvedev
Drama drama drama
Every time Medvedev broke Humbert鈥檚 serve he broke back like literally in the very immediate game
Happened in d 1st set , 2nd set and now in the final deciding set
2hr 22 mins into this game already
Humbert serving at 2-3
#Humbert #Medvedev #AtpCup #Tennis
Twitter page GS tennis News Today posted a GIF describing the nail-biting affair as the "match of the year."
Medvedev-Humbert DEFINITELY match of the year!! 馃檶馃従 https://t.co/6YpSXhtASt
The fan page Tennis is Awesome reacted to the extraordinary match by posting a GIF from 'The Office'.
Almost 5am.time to decide what to do. Hoping to survive. Over. Kschhhhhhh
#medvedev vs #humbert in #atpcup https://t.co/tGuepaS91L
Another Twitter user, Lucia, spent most of her day watching the match and described it as "a good one!"
@evilscootus @Goodie4petajane @Hoobiemanchu @rfgwyther @ChrisPana9 I've had the tennis on most of the day! The Humbert-Medvedev match was a good one! I'm currently taking a bit of a break while I prep dinner
Despite Daniil Medvedev's loss, Russia triumphed over France
Roman Safiullin battled past Arthur Rinderknech in three sets to give Russia an early 1-0 lead over France. Despite losing the first set, Safiullin fought hard to emerge victorious.
However, after Humbert's win over Medvedev, the scoreline between the two nations stood at 1-1. It therefore came down to the doubles match to decide the winner of the tie.
Even though France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabrice Martin gave it their all, they were beaten in straight sets by Medvedev and Safiullin (6-4, 6-4).
ESPNtenis: 隆LO GRITA EL EQUIPO RUSO! 馃嚪馃嚭馃敟
Medvedev/Safiullin vencieron a 馃嚝馃嚪 Martin/Roger Vasselin 馃嚝馃嚪 por doble 6-4 y decretaron la victoria de Rusia ante Francia en el Grupo B de la #ATPCup. 馃挴
馃嚪馃嚭 2-1 馃嚝馃嚪 https://t.co/0eSpuBEcSj
Russia's next encounter is against Australia on January 4, while France square off against Italy on the same day.