Russian Daniil Medvedev stopped Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas , who arrived motivated after defeating Rafa Nadal by overcoming him in three sets and will now face Novak Djokovic, the number one seed, in the Australian Open final.
“It was not easy because it gave me the feeling that he was coming back in the third set, the same way he did against Rafa in the quarterfinals” , he commented after closing his tenth consecutive victory against players from the top – 10.
20 wins in a row.
Fourth consecutive final.
Has not lost a game since 30 October 2020.
Of those 20 wins, 12 of them are members of the Top 10.Don Daniil Medvedev. pic.twitter.com/KlXesAkS 92
– José Morón (@jmgmoron) February 17, 2021
Medvedev corroborated Djokovic’s words, who said he was “the rival to beat” , after overwhelming Tsitsipas with great tennis by connecting 17 direct aces and 45 hits winners who silenced a crowd that unconditionally supported the Greek.
Medvedev secured his second Grand Slam final and becomes the third Russian tennis player to reach a final in the ‘aussie’ tournament and joined his compatriots Marat Safin and Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
It is also proclaimed with its 25 years and 10 days old youngest player to access a final in Melbourne since Djokovic did it in the edition of 2012 , when he had 24 Y 252 days.
The passing shot that Medvedev just took is one of the most incredible I’ve ever seen . # AustralianOpen pic.twitter.com / u6rmUNYiZl
– GeneralEnriqueRodríguezGalindoInMemoriam🇪🇦 (@InchaurrondoCEO) February 19, 2021
The Muscovite will try to use in their favor his recent victory over the Serbian by a double 6-3 in the ATP Finals in London to dethrone the champion of eight titles in Australia and thus, get his first Grand Slam crown.