Novak Djokovic-Daniil Medvedev will be the final of the 2021 Australian Open. The world No.1 ousted the surprising Karatsev from the tournament, while the Russian reached his second career Grand Slam final (the first in ” land of kangaroos ”) by eliminating Tsitsipas with the score of 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 in a little over two hours.
The final act can be described as the twenty-first test: indeed, there are 20 consecutive victories in Australia for Djokovic, while these are all successes of number 4 in the world ranking from the Masters 1000 of Paris-Bercy.
On the one hand, therefore, those who hardly ever lose in Australia, on the other, those who do not know the word defeat in the last period. Medvedev’s statement on paper is simple, while that of Novak Djokovic is a formality, which ended the ambitions of Cinderella-Karatsev, who nevertheless became the author of a rather memorable tournament.
Now, the Serbian aims to win the eighteenth Grand Slam, to bring closer the 20 Grand Slam titles monopolized by the duo Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal. Nole for a series of reasons has all the favors of the prediction in the duel with the Muscovite, also judging by his great feeling with the Major of Melbourne Park: 8 times winner of the tournament (including the last two editions) and ninth of final in seventeen participations (28th in the general classification of the Grand Slams out of 63 played).
In the previous Djokovic-Medvedev, the Russian started out as an outsider, but still managed to beat his rival three times.
Daniil Medvedev on Novak Djokovic
“I like that I don’t have a lot of pressure because Novak Djokovic has never lost in the eight times he’s been here in the final,” said Daniil Medvedev.
“He’s the one who has all the pressure, in order to get to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s Grand Slam title record. I just hope I go out and show my best tennis.” When asked about the reasons for his recent success, Medvedev said he couldn’t boil it down to one factor.
He was delighted, however, that the hard work he has done over the years is finally paying off. “I don’t have an answer to explain my race,” said Daniil Medvedev.
“I’ve worked hard all my life and I’m really happy right now. I’ll remember it… It’s a great achievement.” The Russian later revealed that he noticed how Tsitsipas was. ‘looked tired in the first set of the game, and he used that as a strategy to take down the 22-year-old.
“It’s the semi-final of a Grand Slam … It wasn’t easy, but I’m happy I managed to activate my game, especially in some tight moments on my serve and I’m really happy to ‘to be in the final,’ said Daniil Medvedev.
“He was tired after the game with Rafa … During today’s game I saw that as soon as I moved him around the court it was not easy for him. As soon as I saw that in the first set, it became my strategy straight away. ”
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