World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev exhibited a spread of feelings throughout his semi-final win over Stefanos Tsitsipas on Friday on the Australian Open 2022. From blowing up on the chair umpire to regaining his composure after which lighting up the on-court interview with Jim Courrier, Medvedev was his typical self on the Rod Laver Arena, not managing to win the gang forward of a mouth-watering closing towards Rafael Nadal.
Daniil Medvedev brushed apart a stiff problem from Tsitsipas, beating the 4th-seeded Greek star in 4 units in 2 hours and half-hour to firmly set up his credentials as the highest seed at Melbourne Park.Medvedev will bid for his 2nd Grand Slam crown on Sunday when he takes on Nadal within the males’s singles closing. The Spaniard is chasing historical past as he has a chance to turn out to be the primary man to win 21 Grand Slam titles, breaking free from the tie with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.However, Medvedev is more likely to pose a stiff problem after having denied Novak Djokovic his twenty first Grand Slam title and a Calendar Slam eventually 12 months’s US Open. Medvedev defeated the World No. 1 in straight units.When requested in regards to the massive closing on Sunday, Medvedev got here up with a humorous response, saying he’s anticipating Djokovic to sit down in entrance of the tv and watch the summit conflict, including that Nadal would have executed the identical when he took on the Serb within the US Open closing final 12 months.”I’m going to play again against one of the greatest [Nadal in the final] … what’s funny is that again I’m going to play someone going for the 21st slam. I guess last time Rafa was watching the TV, I don’t know who he was cheering for, but I think Novak will be watching this one in two days also!” Medvedev mentioned after his semi-final victory.I NEED TO SHOW MY BEST ON SUNDAY: MEDVEDEVMedvedev, who misplaced his maiden Grand Slam closing — the US Open summit conflict to Rafael Nadal in 2019, mentioned he can be making an attempt to present his finest on the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday.”Grand slam finals are special … of course, I remember the match with Rafa at the US Open, we played like five hours, or something close to it … We’ve played a few matches since then and I’m ready. I know that Rafa is a very strong player, I know I will need to show my best to try to win this match,” he added.Should Medvedev defeat the Spanish nice, he’ll turn out to be the primary man within the Open period to win his first two Grand Slam titles in succession after his triumph in New York final September.
