2024-01-26 21:34 United Daily News reporter Liu Zhaoyu/Reporting immediately Russian star Medvev.european news agency
After winning his second five-set match of the tournament in the quarter-finals, the Russian men’s singles star Daniil Medvedev faced Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the quarter-finals today. After a five-set overnight battle, they finally won with 5:7, 3:6, 7:6 (7:4), 7:6 (7:5), 6:3. They will compete with Italian rising star Xin on Sunday. Jannik Sinner competes for the championship.
Medvev, who was defeated by “Big 3” members Novak Djokoic and Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open men’s singles finals for two consecutive years, still played very hard at this year’s Australian Open, including in In the second round, he played five sets against Finnish player Emil Ruusuvuori, and it was not until 3:40 in the morning in Melbourne that he finally won. In the quarterfinals, he met Dutch player Hubert Hurkacz again. After playing 5 games for nearly 4 hours, I managed to grab the top 4 tickets.
As a result, in a recent interview with the media, when Medvev was asked who he wanted to meet in the championship, he once joked that no matter whether the opponent was Djokovic or Sinner, he only hoped that the two could play 5 sets and 7.5. It took an hour to decide the winner, but as a result, he became the victim of a five-set battle.
Medvev faced the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Zerev today. After being defeated by his opponent in the first two sets, the third set went all the way to the tie-break with Zerev, but Medvev also performed extremely well. Resilience, regained a victory with 7:6 (7:5).
After successfully extending the front line, Medvev played in the fourth set without any danger. The two once again reached the tie-break and Medvev narrowly won. Halfway through the final set, Melbourne had already surpassed the evening mark. At 12 o’clock, it became Medvev’s second overnight battle of this tournament, and he once again successfully closed the door with 6:3. He entered the Australian Open men’s singles finals for the third time in 4 years, and had already won in Yorkovich. With the semi-finals stopped, Medvev will no longer have to compete with members of the “Big 3” for the championship this time, but will encounter the 22-year-old Sinner, which also means that this year’s Australian Open men’s singles will definitely have a reason. A new face wins the championship.
[Central News Agency Melbourne’s comprehensive foreign news reports on the 26th]
The Russian men’s tennis star Medvev defeated the German player Zerev in 5 sets in the men’s singles semi-finals of the Australian Open today. He reached the Australian Open final for the third time in his career and will face the Italian teenager Sina Fight for the championship.
Agence France-Presse reported that Daniil Medvedev, ranked third seed, was in unstable condition today. He first lost 2 sets, but he upheld the spirit of never giving up and won the next 2 consecutive sets in the tie-break. , established the advantage in the fifth set, and took a total of 4 hours and 18 minutes to eliminate Zeref (5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3). Alexander Zverev).
The 27-year-old Medvev has had a hard time going through this Australian Open. He only reached the semi-finals after two 4-set matches and two 5-set matches. But he also once again proved his endurance, overcoming the challenge of the sixth seed Zeref in the conference, and won the ticket to pursue the second Grand Slam men’s singles championship trophy in his career.
Medvev won his first Grand Slam men’s singles title at the US Open in 2021, and reached the Australian Open finals in the same year and 2022, but lost to Serbian star Djokovic respectively. (Novak Djokovic) and Spanish player Rafael Nadal.
Djokovic lost to the 22-year-old fourth seed Jannik Sinner in another Australian Open semi-final today and missed the opportunity to retain last year’s championship title.
This is the sixth time Medvev has entered a Grand Slam final in his career. He admitted that he was “a little lost” in the first two sets today. “But during the third set, I kept telling myself that even if I lose this game, I just want to be proud of myself. I want to fight until the end and fight for every point.”
“I succeeded and I’m very proud.”
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