Top seed Daniil Medvedev battled again from two units down and saved a match level towards Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime to succeed in the Australian Open semi-finals with a 6-7(4) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-5 6 -4 victory on Wednesday.
Medvedev had his again firmly up towards the wall for a lot of an absorbing contest as Auger-Aliassime produced some gorgeous tennis on the Rod Laver Arena. But he merely refused to lie down as he overturned a two-set deficit for less than the second time in his profession to arrange a Friday semi-final towards Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Never rely @DaniilMedwed out ️
From two-sets-to-love down, the world No.2 completes the comeback to defeat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7(4) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-5 6-4 and advance to his second consecutive #AusOpen semifinal.#AO2022 pic.twitter.com/Pbel08qtGM
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 26, 2022
The 25-year-old Russian additionally channeled his internal Djokovic and even confessed to Jim Courier after the match that when he misplaced the second set he was reminded of the Serbian.
“When I lost the second set, I asked myself: what would Novak do in this situation?”, mentioned Medvedev amidst robust boos from the group.
“I at all times pack my baggage with loads of spare tools in case the match lasts as much as six hours. When I entered, my bag was fully full. Now it’s virtually empty. That reveals how lengthy this sport has been,” concluded Medvedev.
“I requested myself ‘what would Novak do?'”
Fair to say Medvedev acquired a combined response when he revealed his comeback inspiration!#AusOpen – Live on Channel 9 and 9Now pic.twitter.com/WQRAgFtdu5
— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) January 26, 2022
Medvedev will play Friday towards French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas in a rematch of final 12 months’s semifinals at Melbourne Park. Medvedev received on the identical stage final 12 months however misplaced the ultimate to Novak Djokovic.
(With Reuters Inputs)
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
