St. Petersburg, January 27, Taras Barabash. President of the Russian Tennis Federation (FTR) Shamil Tarpishchev said that Daniil Medvedev's level of play should surpass Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals of the Australian Open if he can fully recover. In the quarterfinals, the second-seeded Russian defeated Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (9th seed) with a score of 6:7 (4:7), 3:6, 7:6 (7:2), 7:5, 6: 4. Tennis players spent 4 hours and 42 minutes on the court. «Daniil still has a day to recover. Now for Medvedev, the most important thing is to recover from a protracted quarterfinal. Tsitsipas finished in three sets in the quarterfinals, played earlier. In terms of the level of play, if Daniil fully recovers after five sets, he must beat Tsitsipas and reach the final,» Tarpishchev said.
