The Spanish tennis player played confidently en route to the semi-finals. Alcaraz has only lost one set in five matches. And the Spaniard was clearly the favorite of the tournament. Medvedev performed very poorly before the US Open. Daniel won his last victory at the Rome tournament in May.
“You have to play 11 out of 10 to beat Alcaraz, because he is very strong. In our last two meetings, he beat me quite easily. He knows how to make all the shots and that is why it is very difficult to play with him,” Medvedev said before the semi-finals.
Alcaraz recalled his previous confrontations with the Russian: “In the previous matches with Daniil, I played perfectly tactically. I think my game is well suited to opponents like Daniil. I hope I can play the same way as at Indian Wells or Wimbledon.”
For Medvedev, in turn, it was psychologically important to take control of the match. Daniil showed great will to win, made many difficult games and achieved a very important tie-break in the first set. The victory in the first match gave him confidence. The Russian’s second set turned out to be incredible. The Russian tennis player had courage and conceded only one game in the second match. In the third game, Alcaraz seemed to come to his senses and managed to reduce the score gap. But despite the Spaniard’s desperate resistance and the pressure from the stands, Daniil was able to put pressure on his opponent in the fourth set and win the match.
“I said before the match that you had to play 11 out of 10 to win. I played 12 out of 10, not counting the third set. I don’t know if he’s still 20 or already 21, he is still young, and he has already “And to be number one for so many weeks, to be honest, it’s just incredible. Probably no one has achieved this before him. To beat him, you have to be better than yourself. And I did it,” Medvedev said after the match.
Alcaraz told a press conference that he could not cope with such a Medvedev: “He played very well. I did not find a solution. I thought that I was now the best player capable to face any difficult situation, but now I am “
Medvedev reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the fifth time. Before that, he played in the final of the US Open and the Australian Open twice, and only one was victorious. In the final of the 2021 US Open, the Russian beat Novak Djokovic, whom he would meet again a year later in the final of the same tournament.
“Challenge: You’re playing with a guy who’s won 23 Grand Slams, and I only have one. When I managed to beat him here, I managed to play better than I could. And now I have to start again,” Medvedev said of the upcoming match with Djokovic.
Daniil faces a tough match. Even though the Russian has gained momentum, Novak remains a very serious contender and will likely try to return the favor for his loss at the 2021 US Open.
Yahya Gasanov, Athletistic
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