Medvedev pulls off a miracle to challenge Sinner for Djokovic’s throne at the Australian Open

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Normality does not fit the Russian lifestyle Daniel Medvedev. Enjoy the anomaly, the impossible. Adversity awakens your natural ability to survive.

He went to bed at 7 a.m. after a marathon second round comeback against the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori. He almost suffocated from the heat in front of the Polo Hubert Hurkacz in the quarterfinal round. More than four hours of suffering, a burden of destruction that did not prevent a new miracle from working in Melbourne.

Day and night, Daniel Medvedev, always returns. He raised another impossible match, to the butcher of Carlos Alcaraz, the German Alexander Zverev. Early in the local morning, the Russian, 27 years old and world No. 3, surpassed the German, 26 years old and No. 6, of 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) and 6-3 in 4h.18′.

Medvedev’s sixth win in his last seven duels, he leads the series 12-7. He always finds a way to make life miserable for Zverev, with whom he maintains a distant relationship; on several occasions they had bitter quarrels.

Medvedev, US Open 2021 champion, will play in his third Australian Open final. excluded Novak Djokovic in 2021, RNadal He administered his own medicine with an epic comeback in 2022. One or the other is no longer around these parts.

He will face a strong novice, Jannik Sinner, 22 years old and No. 4, eliminating the ten-time tournament champion and undefeated in ten past semifinals and past 33 matches. To Novak Djokovic. Sunday (9:30 am) There will be a new champion in Australia.

Sinister, fresh because he dropped only one set in the entire tournament, the one he received against Djokovic in the semifinal (6-1, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3), against a Medvedev who almost doubled up on the way . “I’m tired,” he said two days ago, but then he recovered and competes at any opportunity.

Medvedev dominated the series with Sinner 6-3, although in 2023 the three matches were won by the first Italian in the final of this Open, fifth in the Grand Slam. Looking to match Roland Garros titles with historic titles Nicola Pietrangeli and Adriano Panatta.

Medvedev will try to finally take the baton Marat Safinchampion in 2005 at the expense of the Australian Lleyton Hewitt. The last final to date without a member of the ‘Big 3’ in the final battle. Neither Djokovic, sadly, nor Rafael Nadalinjured, by Roger Federer, retired. Interesting.


Source: La Verdad

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