Tokyo 2020: Daniil Medvedev vs. Pablo Carreno Busta 7/29/21 Tennis Prediction

Daniil Medvedev meets Pablo Carreno Busta in the quarter final of Tokyo 2020 on Thursday, July 29th, 2021.

Will we see a very big win for Pablo Carreno Busta who has been in amazing form over the last month, or will we see Daniil Medvedev come through this tight encounter by using his big match experience in the big tournaments?

Pablo Carreno Busta put on a solid tennis display in the third round, beating Dominik Koepfer from Germany in 2 sets 7-6/6-3. Pablo Carreno Busta will know that he can beat most players left in the draw because of his amazing game he has shown this month and he will want to ensure he does not lose any momentum if he is going to cause the upset. Pablo loves playing from the baseline and has great stamina, so he will definitely stand a chance against Medvedev.

Daniil Medvedev had to fight through both a tight match and the extreme heat in Tokyo against Fabio Fognini, beating the Italian in 3 sets 6-2/3-6/6-2. Fabio Fognini knew he had nothing to lose once he was a set down and he gave it his best, but it was too much on him in that heat, which then allowed Daniil Medvedev to take advantage of a tired Fabio in the third set. Daniil Medvedev knows he needs to ensure he does not play many tight matches in this heat because it can hurt his energy later on in the tournament.

This is going to be the 5^th meeting between both players, with Medvedev having won 3 of their 4 prior encounters. They are both very solid players from the baseline and they have very good stamina, so expect a long and entertaining match. Pablo will definitely just keep things close throughout this match because he has been in top form recently, but Medvedev reaches another level when he plays in big matches and he will do his best to get himself into the semi final in Tokyo as he aims to keep his medal hopes alive and get one step closer to potentially stopping Novak Djokovic’s golden slam hopes.