St. PETERSBURG, Jan 27, Taras Barabash. Winner of the French Open In 1974, in doubles, Olga Morozova said that, following the results of the Australian Open semifinal match between Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas, a player who the Russians can worry about as their own will make it to the final. World No. 2 Medvedev made it to the Australian Open semifinals, where on Friday he will meet with Greece's Tsitsipas. 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. Tsitsipas is a Greek with Russian roots, the son of the Soviet tennis player Yulia Salnikova.» Styopa played excellently until the semifinals, in the quarterfinals with (Yannik) Sinner he got together and showed amazing tennis. Medvedev's match in the quarterfinals was something, Daniil showed incredible patience. Medvedev after the match, he said that he was thinking about how Novak Djokovic would play in a difficult situation. By doing this, he turned the public against himself, because we heard the whistle in the stands. In the upcoming game, Daniil will not be easy, because there are much more Greeks in the stands in Melbourne, they noisy. Daniil's statement about Novak will incline the neutral public towards Stepan,» Morozova said. «You can take your hat off to Daniil for what match he pulled out against the Canadian. He showed character, fought to the end. But the match will be very difficult for Medvedev. «A lot will depend on the serve. Medvedev's reception is better, but both have a decent serve. Styopa and Daniil know each other very well, so it will be very interesting for us to watch. Stepan — half Russian, so our tennis player will win and go to the final in any case — he will have someone to root for us in the final,» Morozova said.
