Daniil Medvedev topples Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Melbourne on Friday. Medvedev will square off with Rafael Nadal in the final. The match lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Daniil added to his prize money $ 1,100,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 2,200,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Daniil will add $ 2,200,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 4,400,000 in total.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Australian Open – Melbourne
Medvedev’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-1
2h:30
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 123 points vs. the Greek’s 97.
Medvedev
Daniil served extremely well to win 86% of the points (61/71) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (21/29) on his second serve. Medvedev struck 13 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Russian won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Medvedev and Tsitsipas is 7-2 for Daniil.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Rafael Nadal – stats
Medvedev will play Nadal in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Medvedev won the tiebreak at 7-5.
The Russian lost a big opportunity to break the Greek in the 9th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Medvedev won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won a minibreak in the 2nd (2-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Medvedev was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). The Russian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Medvedev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 73 points. Medvedev won 5 more points than the Greek (39-34). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (30-2). Regarding the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 9 points on serve (32-9).
Nadal had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Stefanos to win the set since Daniil found the way to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. Tsitsipas maintained his focus to break the Russian in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).
The Greek was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Medvedev was flawless in converting all his break points in the 6th game (2-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 56 points. Tsitsipas won 4 points more than Medvedev (30-26). The Greek dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). On the losing side, Medvedev conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Daniil conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Medvedev converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Greek was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 56 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Stefanos (33-23). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (21-4). on the other side of the net, Stefanos conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).
The Russian won the set after he broke Stefanos in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Greek had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Daniil was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 35 points. The Russian won 15 points more than the Greek (25-10). Daniil was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, Tsitsipas conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-65 4-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (3-1) – H2H details and stats
