At the final stage, Medvedev, 11th player in the world and seeded N.6, will meet on Sunday the winner of the other semi-final between the Italian Jannik Sinner and the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, on Saturday evening.
A true metronom, the Muscovite seized his service game from Dimitrov (28th at the ATP) three times in the first set.
And even with a more offensive approach in the second set, the Bulgarian barely managed to disrupt his opponent's tennis.
Medvedev, world No.1 for sixteen weeks in 2022, fell to 11th place after a mixed start to the year (semi-finalist in Adelaide then eliminated in the third round of the Australian Open).
He is in Rotterdam "to resume his march forward", he explained to AFP this week.
After outclassing the outgoing winner of the tournament, the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime (6-2, 6-4), Thursday in the quarter-finals, the winner of the US Open 2021 is only one step away from his first title this year, the sixteenth of his career.
"I feel very good. I move well, I make few mistakes. Contrary to what the score says, it was not easy against Grigor who was constantly looking for angles. There were many long rallies , physically very taxing," Medvedev said.
His opponent in the final is warned: with his exhausting game, the Russian knows how to outsmart his opponents.
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