Daniil Medvedev victorious over Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-2 7-5 in the semifinal in Melbourne on Friday. Medvedev will face off with Novak Djokovic in the final. The match lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 4th round in 2019 and 2020.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 650,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 1,500,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 1,250,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,750,000 in total.
Medvedev was glad about how things unfolded. He commented:
“It was definitely not easy, because we saw the match with Rafa was kind of the same score after two sets. [In] the third set, Rafa was dominating but didn’t manage to win the match, so I got a little bit scared and tight.
It is the semi-final of a Slam… It was not easy, but I am happy I managed to switch my game on, especially in some tight moments on my serve and I am really happy to be in the final.”
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Australian Open – Melbourne
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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Medvedev scored 106 points vs. the Greek’s 77.
Medvedev
The Russian served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (49/56) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 46% points (12/26) on his second serve. The Russian blasted 17 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Medvedev was pretty good at converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9).
Tsitsipas
On the other side, Stefanos had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Tsitsipas is 6-1 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Medvedev will play Djokovic in the final.
This will be the 8th time that Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Russian conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Medvedev converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Daniil didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. Medvedev was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Greek (34-27). Medvedev conceded 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the net, Tsitsipas conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Daniil in this set was much more effective than Stefanos and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Stefanos in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Daniil was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Daniil didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than the Greek (32-17). Daniil was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, the Greek conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
Daniil won the set after he broke Tsitsipas in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Greek tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, Daniil didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 7-5.
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-3 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (4-3) – H2H details and stats
