Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev overcame a two-set deficit to defeat German Alexander Zverev 5-7, 3-6, 7-6(7-4), 7-6 (7-5) and 6-3. In the grand final he will play against the Italian Jannik Sinner, who defeated Novak Djokovic.
The Russian Daniil Medvedevthird in the world ranking of the ATPdefeated the German today Alexander Zverev (6) by 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 and advanced to the final of the Australian Open. There, he will face the Italian Jannik Sinnerchampion’s executioner Novak Djokovic.
Medvedev He achieved victory after four hours and 22 minutes of play and will go for his first title in Melbourne after losing the finals of 2021 before the Serbian and 2022 With the spanish Rafael Nadal.
Sinnerfourth favorite, defeated Djokovicnumber one in the world, for 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3 in three hours and 26 minutes and ended a long winning streak in the Australian “major”, where they had not lost since the round of 16 of the 2018 edition.
Medvedev completed a comeback for the fourth time after losing the first two sets of a match grand slam. The first of them was against the Croatian Marin Cilic in Wimbledon 2021the second against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in it Australian Open 2022 and the third against the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori in this edition of the oceanic tournament.
Qualification seemed far away for the Russian when he committed a double fault in the “tie-breaker” of the fourth set, which left Zverev two points from their first final in Melbourne.
But the German trembled and Medvedev accelerated to equalize 2-2 after having had no options in the face of the seamless game in the first two sets of the tennis player who eliminated Carlos Alcaraz in the previous round.
The emotional blow was too hard for Zverevinferior in the decisive set.
The summary of Medvedev vs Zverev:
“I was a little lost and in the third set I told myself, ‘I want to at least be proud of myself and if I lose I will fight until the end in every match'”said Medvedev.
“I felt physically tired, but I told myself that I had to be more aggressive, if it didn’t work, I would have tried it. It worked, I started hitting better shots and serving better”he added.
Medvedev and Sinner They will play their tenth game on the circuit ATP, first corresponding to a large tournament. The Muscovite leads him 6-3 on aggregate but the Italian won the last three matches last year, the finals of Beijing, Vienna and the semis of the ATP Finals.
This Saturday, for female paintingfrom 5:30 Argentinathe final will be played between the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (2nd) and the Chinese Qinwen Zheng (15°).
Source: Ambito
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