D. MEDVEDEV – A. ZVEREV (1-2)
Zverev Break! Blank break for the German, who puts it into a few more gears taking advantage of the fact that his rival isn’t getting first serves.
D. MEDVEDEV – A. ZVEREV (1-1)
Zverev returned the blank game. We see some exchanges at this moment in a match marked by devastating serves
D. MEDVEDEV – A. ZVEREV (1-0)
Blank game for Medvedevwho started to get involved in the game and was deadly with his serve
D. MEDVEDEV – A. ZVEREV
The game is about to begin! In service Daniil Medvedev
Tennis players take to the court! Everything is ready for the start of the warm-up that will take us to the beginning of this second semi-final of the Australian Open
“A lot of games are very close, obviously. You know, he was very confident last year, he played the best tennis of his life.. “I, on the other hand, am coming back from an injury and don’t have the confidence to make decisions and the power to finish games.”
“He has been kicking my ass a lot for the past year.“said ‘Sascha’ in the interview after his victory over Carlos Alcaraz in reference to the five victories in the six games they played in 2023
Then, the temper of the two calmed down.. In their last four duels blood has not flowed, although they have made no secret of their eagerness
Finally, Medvedev made it clear that he had no German connection: “We have never been friends, maybe only for juniors. Only he, in his valedictory speeches, He said something like he was a friend of mine and my wife, which is definitely not the case. for a long time,” he said.
“When he loses, we can find about 25 interviews where he says something different. I know that I am guilty of controversies with men like Casper Ruud, Diego Schwartzman or Karen Khachanov, and I am sorry that they might feel negative things about my way of being because they are very nice people. But Zverev is not this kind of person, he is not like them. “You should look in the mirror,” he continued.
Medvedev’s response did not take long. Far from trying to calm things down, he chose to add fuel to the fire. “What happened yesterday, the stick thing? Did you say what you said? And the toilet thing, well, I want to pee. What do you want me to do? I went to the bathroom, I lost the next two games, He was serving to win the game and said I was going to the bathroom so he could play better. Sascha lives in his own world” he claimed
“I am very disappointed in him as an athlete. Of course you can argue that I am wrong. because I was distracted. That shouldn’t have happened on my part and it’s totally my fault and I feel bad on my part. “But I still feel that fair play should be part of the sport,” he added in a tense press conference.
After the match, which ended with the Russian winning the third set tiebreak, Zverev did not hesitate to assess his rival’s attitude. “He is one of the dirtiest tennis players in the world. I try to take sportsmanship and fair play very seriously, he doesn’t. Take a bathroom break when this is not possible. There are 1,000 situations where he feels that I am starting to play better and where he tries to do everything all the time” he lamented.
That day, Medvedev did his thing and went to the bathroom without permission when he was behind the scoreboard. In addition, he confronted the public several times and knocked down one of the poles holding the net.
The relationship between the two is full of tension, very tense. Although they have been seeing each other since 2016, the first big drama doesn’t come until April 2023when they met in the round of 16 of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000
Medvedev could get the ticket for his third Australian Open final and Zverev could become the third Germanbehind his compatriots Boris Becker and Rainer Schuettler, reaching the final on the banks of the Yarra River
The Muscovite scored the victory in the final round against the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori and the polish Hubert Hurkacz (9)while the German did the same against the Slovak from the previous round, Lukas Klein and the British Cameron Norrie (19)
Both are tennis players They will need good service and risk more than necessary so as not to mess up the physique damaged by the two five-set matches each had in the previous rounds.
Medvedev and Zverev will meet for the first time in a Grand Slam, despite meeting 18 times. The Russian has a favorable head-to-head 11-7 and recently he has been impeccable against the German, having won five of their six matches in 2023
This Friday day begins marked by Novak Djokovic’s defeat in the first semifinal. The reigning champion fell to Jannik Sinner 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3 after a tremendous display from the Italian.
Good morning! We will start the live of the second semi-final of the Australian Open which will take place from 09:30 to Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev
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