Athletistic/Tennis. The Russian Andrey Rublev, who is the heel of the world racket, did not reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
In the quarterfinals, the Muscovite lost to the Italian Jannik Sinner with a score of 4:6, 6:7 (5:7), 3:6. The meeting lasted 2 hours 39 minutes. Both tennis players completed 10 serves each. The Italian committed three double faults compared to two for Rublev. Sinner converted two break points out of seven won, while Rublev converted none out of eight. In the semi-final, Sinner will meet world number one, Serbian Novak Djokovic.
It should be noted that Rublev suffered 10 out of 10 defeats in the 1/4 finals of Grand Slam tournaments. Sinner, in turn, has not lost a single set en route to the semifinals of the 2024 Australian Open.
“It’s very difficult to play against Andrey, we already had difficult matches with him. Today there were three sets, but I could have easily lost the first two – he had so many break points ! I managed to serve well in those last moments. I tried to react, to make him move more than me. I want to thank everyone for staying out so late – it’s now two o’clock and half in the morning. I always have great pleasure playing on this course, whatever the time. I really enjoy it and I am happy to be able to move on to the next round.
I don’t know how I came away with a 1:5 tiebreaker. At 1:5 we changed sides. It was a bit windy and I knew I would have a slight advantage. I tried to hold my serve, go 2:5, then take his serve at least once. This worked twice – it became 4:5 and my serve. It was very close, but I like to play in these intense moments, I try to stay aggressive. I am very happy that everything worked out in my favor today.
A match with Djokovic? I train to play against the best players in the world. Obviously he’s hit his stride in this tournament, so it’s nice to play against him, especially in the final stages when things get a little more interesting.
I look forward to our meeting. I know it will be difficult. I will try to control what I can, give 100%, fight for every ball. And then we’ll see who wins. I can’t do anything anymore, regardless of the opponent. So I’m really looking forward to this match and I will try to prepare for it as best as possible,” Sinner said in the post-match interview.
“I think if you look at the tiebreaker, there was nothing psychologically or physically… He played all the tough rallies brilliantly. And I played well as well, I just didn’t didn’t play as aggressively at one point, at another when I ran I twisted my leg a little and didn’t have time to come back so quickly. But all the rallies were long, so there’s not much to say here that I did anything wrong.
What is Yannick good at? In all. He is now one of the best tennis players in the world and continues to gain momentum. We had a very good match. There were a lot of chances and break points. This is exactly what happened today. In the end, he played better and deserved the victory,” Rublev said after the match.
Tomorrow, January 24, the 11th match day of the 2024 Australian Open men’s championship will take place in Melbourne. In one of the matches, Russian Daniil Medvedev will enter the field.
Tennis. Australian Open 2024. Men. Program for January 24
Hubert Hurkacz (Poland, 9) – Daniil Medvedev (Russia, 3) – the match does not start until 5:30 p.m. Moscow time.
Alexander Zverev (Germany, 6) – Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 2) – the match does not start until 12:45 Moscow time.
In the statistics of the confrontations between Hurkacz and Medvedev, the Pole leads with a score of 3:2.
The current Australian Open champion is Serbian Novak Djokovic.
Andrey Andreev, Sport.Ru
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