Daniel Medvedev He continues to humidlip in every corner of the Australian Open player area. He confesses to having the uncanny ability to take repeated naps regardless of location. A trait that helped him overcome the critical moment of sleep at 7 in the morning after his return against the Emil Ruusuvuori well into the local early morning.
He is putting in so much effort at this Australian Open that he needs breaks. He continues to move through the agony, which he never denies because he is one of those born survivors when a game goes awry. It happened again in the quarterfinals, going to a fifth set with the Pole Hubert Hurkacz.
In an exaggerated roller coaster of so many ups and downs, Medvedev, 27 years old and world No. 3, champion of the US Open 2021, Hurkacz, the first male quarterfinalist of the Australian Open, 26 years old and No. 9, through 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7 and 6-3 in 3h.59′.
More leads in the legs of the Muscovite, who reached the semifinals of the Australian Open for the third time, eighth time in a Grand Slam. He has yet to lose in the penultimate round in Melbourne, yes two finals, in 2021 (Novak Djokovic) and 2022 (Rafael Nadal). “I’m completely destroyed today, but I’m happy with the run, I’m always the one who does the most kilometers,” commented Medvedev, delighted with his classification. Tired but loving.
So he even sent kisses to his coach, the Frenchman. Gilles Cervara, which he messes up several times to bring out the tension. They have been inseparable since the tennis player landed on the Côte d’Azur at a young age to try a professional adventure that exceeded his expectations.
The forecast indicates that this marathon run by Medvedev (3) this year in the tournament leads to Carlos Alcaraz, a full step up from the top-4 in Friday’s semifinals. In the confrontation between Novak Djokovic (1) and Jannik Sinner (4) tied, the only thing missing for the summit party is the Spaniard (2), who will close the day this Wednesday in front of the German Alexander Zverev (6).
Daniil Medvedev would have finished in four sets, but surrendered a 4-2 lead. Also typical of Hurkacz, a tennis player who adds more aggressiveness to his game when he realizes he is losing. He let go, and scored sets like this at 5-1 to win that set and force a fifth.
Medvedev, 11 aces and 10 double faults; Hurkacz, 16 and 5. Of the winning shots, 43 for the Russian and 61 for the Pole, who in return made more unforced errors: 55 to 42. They are tennis players of excess, cyclothymic. High peaks, the occasional hump, but always holding the track.
Medvedev survived in the oven at 30ºC which was Melbourne again. He reached 100 in his number of Grand Slam matches, with a positive balance of 75-25. And he evened the record with Hurkacz, now 3-3. It had been almost two years since they measured their strength.
Source: La Verdad
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