Australian Open: Russian Medveded won a battle against Polish Hurkacz and is in the semifinals

The Russian Daniel Medvedevnumber three in the world, today advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Open, which take place in Melbourne, after beating the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (9th) by 7-6 (7-4 tie break), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7 and 6-4 in a battle that lasted just over four hours.

It was the second time so far in the tournament that the third seed was resolved in the fifth set, having finished the second round match against Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori at almost four in the morning, having won with a tight 3-3. 6-7(1), 6-4, 7-6(1) and 6-0.

“I’m very destroyed right now. It’s not that I ran out of gas, but I felt the match was very tough from a physical point of view at the end of the second set”, commented Medvedev in the interview conducted by John McEnroe after the end of the match. .

The Muscovite’s only three-set victory at the Australian Open was against Canadian Feliz AUger-Aliassime (27), in the third round.

The Russian, a finalist in Melbourne in 2021 and 2022, closed the match with ten aces, 43 direct hits and 42 unforced errors.

After the Russian’s passage to the next round, three of the four seeds have reserved a place in the semifinals, and the full place could be confirmed if the second-ranked world champion, Carlos Alcarazsurpasses German Alexander Zverev (6th) in the last scheduled match at Rod Laver Arena.

The remaining semi-final will be dominated by the Serbian side of the World Cup, Novak Djokovicis Italian Jannik Sinner (4th).

Djokovic beat the American Taylor Fritz (12th) 7-6 (tie break 7-3), 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3 in the quarterfinals, while Sinner beat the Russian Andrey Rublev (5th) by 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) and 6-3.

Likewise, in the women’s draw, the semifinal has already been formed between the American Coco Gauff (4th in the WTA ranking) and the Russian Aryana Sabalenka (2nd).

Gauff advanced by beating Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (37th) 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (3-7) and 6-2, while Sabaleka triumphed against Czech Barbora Krejcikova (11th) 6- 2 and 6-3.

The remaining semifinal will be played by the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (93rd), who eliminated the Czech Linda Noskova (50th) 6-3 and 6-4 in the quarterfinals, against the winner of the clash between the Russian Anna Kalinskaya (75th). and China’s Qinwen Zheng (15th).