Athletistic / Tennis. The 3rd racket in the world, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, told how he was waiting for his turn to enter the court after the match between Anna Blinkova and Elena Rybakina. After the match, Medvedev was scheduled to play in the second round of the Australian Open with Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori.

Blinkova and Rybakina played the longest tiebreaker in the history of women’s singles matches at Grand Slam tournaments. It lasted a little over 30 minutes.

“It was a very difficult match. And, of course, it’s difficult to play after that. In the tiebreaker, how long does it usually last? 10 minutes? In other words, you are already ready , you are already doing the last exercises. , doing more sprints. The tiebreaker lasted 35 minutes! There is a match point – a sprint, you stand up and wait.

And standing is generally not very good for the body: there were no chairs there, nowhere to sit. I tried to sit on some kind of air conditioner, almost broke it and ended up getting up. And that’s why, it seems to me, when I went out, my back hurt a little, it hurt, it hurt. But the tiebreaker was cool, so it was interesting,” Sports.ru quotes Medvedev.

Commentator Dmitrieva spoke about Medvedev’s fourth-round exit at the Australian Open

Daniil finally defeated Ruusuvuori in a five-game match and then managed to advance to the 3rd round of the tournament. He beat the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime there.


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