Russia has been waiting for this for 16 years: Medvedev reached the Australian Open final



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At the prestigious Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, the Russian became the second participant in the final of the men’s singles competition. Daniilas Medvedevas (ATP-4).

On Friday in the semifinals the Russians in 2 hours 11 minutes 6: 4, 6: 2, 7: 5 defeated Rafael Nadal’s Greek offense Stefaną Tsitsipą (ATP-6). It was already the sixth victory for the Russians against the Greeks in 7 matches.

Match review:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD48XNkPHOI

Definitely, Medvedev, who started the semifinals in the fifth game, won the opponent’s series of innings and thus gained a winning advantage. In the 10th game, he still “stretched” the nerves of his fans when he did not realize the three “set points”, but he finally finished the set on the fourth attempt.

In the second set, the Russian advantage was even more evident. Medvedev won the opponent’s serve series in the third game and finished the set with two consecutive “dry” games, one of which was in the opponent’s hand.

The Russians continued the tradition in the third set, breaking early, only this time S. Tsitsip managed to win a series of rivals and relive the intrigue for the first time. The Greek even had a chance to take the lead, but failed to notice a major break point, and in the 10th game, leading 30: 0, he lost 4 points in a row. In the eleventh game, the Greek raised serious problems during his legends. Medvedev perfectly hit the ball on the line at an important moment and won the “break point”, which was decisive in this match.

Comment from Daniil Medvedev:

Medvedev will have an all-time record Serbian Open Australian Open on Sunday in the final Novak Djokovic (ATP-1). He played in the Australian Open finals 8 times and won them all. Medvedev will attempt to win the Great Accent Series tournament for the first time. He became the first Russian since 2005 to reach the final of the Australian Open. He won this tournament 16 years ago Maratas Safinas.

In the final, the tennis players will fight for 2,000 ATP points and 2.75 million Australian dollars (1.78 million euros). The loser will receive 1,200 ATP rating points and 1.5 million. Australian dollars (0.97 million euros).

The total prize fund of the Australian Open amounts to 80 million. Australian dollars (approximately 51 million euros).

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