Wawrinka ousts Medvedev in the 4th round of the Australian Open. Zverev next. PREDICTION, H2H

Stan Wawrinka downs Daniil Medvedev 6-2 2-6 4-6 7-6² 6-2 in the 4^th round in Melbourne on Monday. Wawrinka will have to play Alexander Zverev in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Stanislas in this set played a much better tennis than Medvedev and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Daniil in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

2^nd set.

Medvedev in this set was in much better shape than the Swiss and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking the Swiss in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this match was when Daniil won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

3^rd set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Russian conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

4^th set.

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, the Swiss won the tiebreak at 2.

5^th set.

Wawrinka was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Medvedev in the 1^st game (1-0). The Swiss managed to boost his lead after breaking Medvedev in the 7^th (5-2) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Wawrinka scored 145 points vs. Medvedev’s 136 points.

Wawrinka served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (72/95) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (22/43) on his second serve. Wawrinka struck 18 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Wawrinka won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 36% (4/11). On the other side, Daniil wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Wawrinka and Medvedev is 1-2 for Daniil.

Highlights Stan Wawrinka vs. Daniil Medvedev Australian Open – Melbourne

Wawrinka’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Stan Wawrinka vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Prediction: Zverev in 5

Wawrinka will compete against Zverev in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Stan Wawrinka and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Zverev won 4-6 6-2 6-1 in the 4^th round in Miami back in 2017.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-2 2-6 4-6 7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (6-3 3-6 7-6⁶ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-6⁵ 7-5 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Dominic ThiemThiem (9-4) – See H2H details
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-2) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-9) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Roger FedererFederer (0-0) – See H2H details