Top seed Daniil Medvedev battled again from two units down and saved a match level in opposition to Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime to achieve the Australian Open semi-finals with a 6-7(4) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-5 6-4 victory on Wednesday.
Medvedev had his again firmly up in opposition to the wall for a lot of an absorbing contest as Auger-Aliassime produced some gorgeous tennis on the Rod Laver Arena. But he merely refused to lie down as he overturned a two-set deficit for less than the second time in his profession to arrange a Friday semi-final in opposition to Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Never rely @DaniilMedwed out 🙅♂️
From two-sets-to-love down, the world No.2 completes the comeback to defeat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7(4) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-5 6-4 and advance to his second consecutive #AusOpen semifinal.#AO2022 pic.twitter.com/Pbel08qtGM
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 26, 2022
The 25-year-old Russian additionally channeled his inside Djokovic and even confessed to Jim Courier after the match that when he misplaced the second set he was reminded of the Serbian.
“When I lost the second set, I asked myself: what would Novak do in this situation?”, mentioned Medvedev amidst robust boos from the gang.
“I always pack my bags with a lot of spare equipment in case the match lasts up to six hours. When I entered, my bag was completely full. Now it is practically empty. That shows how long this game has been,” concluded Medvedev.
“I asked myself ‘what would Novak do?’” 😬
Fair to say Medvedev obtained a blended response when he revealed his comeback inspiration! 😲#AusOpen – Live on Channel 9 and 9Now pic.twitter.com/WQRAgFtdu5
— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) January 26, 2022
Medvedev will play Friday in opposition to French Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas in a rematch of final 12 months’s semifinals at Melbourne Park. Medvedev received on the identical stage final 12 months however misplaced the ultimate to Novak Djokovic.
(With Reuters Inputs)
