If you have some time to call while you wait for the Indian Wells Open main draw to start, why not treat yourself to some highlights of Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic’s brilliant semi-final at the Dubai Tennis Championships.

World No 1 Djokovic and Medvedev met for a 14th time in top-level tennis at the ATP 500 event last week.

Djokovic started as the favourite as he had won the pair’s previous four encounters and lead the H2H 9-4 while he also started the year with back-to-back titles at the Adelaide International – where he beat Medvedev – and the Australian Open.

He was also on a 20-match winning run as he won the ATP Finals at the end of last season, but Medvedev himself was on a hot streak as he had won back-to-back titles at the Rotterdam Open and Qatar Open.

It turned into a bit of a masterclass from Medvedev as he won 6-4, 6-4 in one hour and 36 minutes, but don’t for a minute think Djokovic didn’t contribute to a breathtaking encounter.

Let’s first start with “just” the two minutes of highlights of THAT lung-busting point in the second set.

“When you play against Novak you just have to play your best,” Medvedev said after getting the better of his more esteemed rival. “Kind of hope he doesn’t play his best on the day because when he plays his best, well he has 22 Grand Slams, so even if you play your best, it is going to be tough, not sure you win.

“I managed to play a higher level than him today.”

Now for the full highlights of the match.

Djokovic heaped praise on Medvedev after the clash, saying: “I lost to a better opponent. I know that I didn’t play well in some decisive moments, but it was also due to his quality of tennis.

It’s unfortunate I had some really bad mistakes in the first set to give him the second break. But this is tennis. You learn from your mistakes and from the defeats, and hopefully next time I’ll be better.”

The 22-time Grand Slam winner added: “He extracts and provokes unforced errors from everybody because that’s his game, that’s what he does.

“He does it extremely well. He’s very patient. He’s very athletic. For his height, he moves well. Backhand is one of the most consistent strokes that you have in today’s game.”

Still want more?

How about a compilation of highlights of from the week in Dubai.

Hopefully we get more of the same at the Indian Wells Open over the next fortnight.

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