MOSCOW, Jan 26 World No. 2 Russian Daniil Medvedev admitted that he remembered Serb Novak Djokovic during the quarterfinal match of the Australian Open (Australian Open), when he lost 0:2 in sets to Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. On Wednesday, Medvedev defeated Auger-Aliassime with a score of 6:7 (4:7), 3:6, 7:6 (7:2), 7:5, 6:4. In the fourth set, with the score 5:4 in favor of the Canadian, the Russian won match points on his serve. Reigning Australian Open winner Djokovic was unable to enter the tournament after his Australian visa was canceled and subsequently deported. «How was I able to save the match? I have no idea how I did it. «You know what's going to happen. I changed shirts all the time, but now the bag is just empty. It's hard to say how I managed to come back from 0-2 in sets. I didn't play my best tennis, and Felix played and served incredibly. He just outplayed me around everything.» court, I didn't know what to do. I don't know if people will think and approve, but I imagined what Novak (Djokovic) would do at that moment. That's what went through my mind. He is a great champion, like Roger (Federer) and Rafa (Nadal),” Medvedev said on Eurosport. For reaching the final of the Australian Open, the 25-year-old Russian will compete with the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. The score in personal meetings is 6:2 in favor of Medvedev. «I felt when the roof was closed (on the tie-break in the third set — ed.), that this was the very moment. I began to play better. The first set in the tie-break, «Double faults are terrible. I was upset. I thought I could do it. I thought maybe change my wristband, get the sweat off my hands. I have to fight in the semi-finals. Stefanos is a difficult opponent, we had a lot of difficult matches. Some I won some of them. I hope that I will serve well and show my best tennis,» Medvedev added.
