MOSCOW, January 26, Pavel Levkovich. It will be difficult for Daniil Medvedev to recover by the semifinals Australian Open against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, said the semifinalist of Roland Garros in 1989, the famous Soviet and Russian tennis player Andrei Chesnokov in the past. Medvedev outplayed the Canadian tennis player Felix Auger-Aliassime in five sets with a score of 6:7 (4:7), 3: 6, 7:6 (7:2), 7:5, 6:4 in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Tennis players spent 4 hours and 42 minutes on the court. The 25-year-old Russian will argue with Tsitsipas for reaching the final of the Australian Open. «The fifth set is a real struggle of will. Both were so exhausted, they could not move, but they put their last strength into every movement. Danya broke Auger-Aliassime. Now Stefanos Tsitsipas is ahead, it’s incredibly difficult to predict a match with the Greek. Imagine after such a marathon. You need to be a real monster to recover. Danya finished playing at one in the morning, recovery in such a situation is a double burden,» Chesnokov said. The former tennis player noted that Medvedev had to change during the match to break the course of the meeting with Auger-Aliassime. “Before Medvedev, Alyassim played difficult matches, the last one against Cilic made Felix come up in furious form. If we compare the previous meetings between Dani and Alyassim, it’s heaven and earth. Today, the Canadian had a match of his life, one of the best in his career. Medvedev, with a score of 5:5, did double, for such a level, these are two gifts. Medvedev had to change during the match, because he realized that he would not beat the Canadian at the usual pace, «added the source of the agency. In 2021, Medvedev reached the final of the Australian Open, where he lost to Novak Djokovic , which is not participating in the current draw.
