MOSCOW, July 10, Svetlana Bonopartova. The first racket of Russia Daniil Medvedev has a chance to beat reigning Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals of the current tournament, despite the Spaniard's phenomenal form, said Olympic champion Elena Vesnina.
The 1/4 final match between Medvedev (5th seed) and the first racket of the world, Italian Jannik Sinner (1) ended with a score of 6:7 (7:9), 6:4, 7:6 (7:4 ), 2:6, 6:3 in favor of the Russian.
«Carlos Alcaraz is currently the reigning winner of Wimbledon and Roland Garros. He is in phenomenal shape, and, naturally, everyone says that he is the favorite. But Daniil very often violates these forecasts and may well beat Alcaraz, although With him, he doesn’t have very good statistics in personal meetings. Anything is possible. Since he beat Sinner, why not move on?” — said Vesnina.