Athletistic / Tennis. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev and Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz will face each other in the men’s singles quarter-finals at the Australian Open
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Tennis. Australian Open. Quarter-finals. Hurkach – Medvedev. Direct
Early in the morning of Wednesday, January 24, the leading Russian racketeer Daniil Medvedev will challenge the right to play the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Our tennis player’s opponent will be the Pole Hubert Hurkacz, seeded 9th in Melbourne. It should be noted that Hurkac is one of Medvedev’s most troublesome opponents. At the moment, in personal meetings, the Pole has an advantage over Daniil by one victory. But there is a nuance…
Two of the three matches Hurkac won took place on grass. And as you know, this is not Medvedev’s favorite surface. However, the fact is that Hubert beat Daniil at Wimbledon in 2021 (2:6, 7:6, 3:6, 6:3, 6:3), as well as in the final match of the Halle 2022 tournament (6 : 1, 6:4). Another success of the Pole against our tennis player occurred on a hard surface. Also in 2022, at the Miami Masters, Hurkacz celebrated his victory over the Russian in the quarter-finals (7-6, 6:3).
Medvedev has two victories over the Pole. Daniil entered them both in the 2021 season. First, our tennis player won the quarterfinals of the Toronto Masters (2:6, 7:6, 7:6), and at the end of the year the Russian beat Hurkacz in the group stage of the ATP final tournament (6: 7, 6:3, 6:4) . As you can see from these statistics, in each of the five duels, Hubert took at least one set from Daniil. In other words, Medvedev never beat the Pole outright, but lost twice. This Hurkach is such a troublesome opponent for our tennis player.
At the current Australian Open, the Pole’s performances are uneven. For example, his second-round meeting against Czech Jakub Mensik, who ranks 166th in the ATP rankings, went to five sets. Moreover, during the match, Hurkach was inferior in matches 1:2 and only after that he was able to turn the tide of the match in his favor. Frenchman Hugo Humbert took another set from Hubert. And in the 1/8 final match, although Hurkach defeated the little-known Frenchman Cazeau in three sets, two of them ended in tiebreakers.
However, Medvedev’s journey to the quarterfinals has also been far from easy. Daniil gave a set each to little-known Frenchman Atman and Portuguese Borges. And our tennis player fought with the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori for five sets. The Russian only defeated Canadian Auger-Aliassime in three sets, but Félix is traditionally a convenient opponent for Daniil. So Medvedev is also unstable in Melbourne, but our tennis player has one important characteristic: he usually reaches the peak of his abilities at the decisive stages of the tournament. And the stakes are the TBS semi-final.
Tennis. Australian Open. Quarter-finals. Hurkach – Medvedev. Direct
Live online streaming of this match will begin at SPORT.RU January 24 no earlier than 6:00 Moscow time
Source: Sport
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