Kalinskaya’s fairy tale is over
For the first time in her career, Dayana Yastremskaya reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament. The Ukrainian tennis player very confidently beat the Czech Linda Noskova, who herself had eliminated Iga Swiatek from the tournament earlier! Surprisingly, there was no fight in the match between Yastremskaya and Noskova – 6:3, 6:4.
The match between Russian Anna Kalinskaya and Chinese Zheng Qingwen turned out to be much more exciting.
Kalinskaya, 75th in the world, reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career. But of course she wanted more. And there was a chance! The Russian won the first set in a tiebreaker. In general, in the first match, both opponents made mistakes at a level that does not really correspond to a major tournament. At one point, it seemed like they were better at taking someone else’s serve than playing their own.
It’s a shame, but later Zheng raised the level of her game, but Kalinskaya didn’t keep up with her pace. The Russian also had hip problems and in the third set she even took a medical timeout. Result – 7:6 (7:4), 3:6, 1:6. There wasn’t much of a fight in the end.
“Overall, I am very satisfied with my performance. For the first time I was able to reach the quarter-finals. So there are more positives than negatives.
Naturally, I wanted to go further and play the semi-finals. But it’s tennis.
I felt some hip flexion issues at the end of the first set. Maybe he got sick from overload. Let’s see what happens tomorrow morning. But I hope it’s nothing serious,” the Russian said at a press conference.
As for Zheng, the Chinese admitted that after the first set, she decided to think less. By letting go of the situation a little, she reversed the course of the meeting.
Medvedev heads to the final
The match between Daniil Medvedev and Pole Hubert Hurkacz turned out to be great. The 3rd racket in the world Medvedev played five more sets at the tournament – 7:6 (7:4), 2:6, 6:3, 5:7, 6:4.
At the right moments, Daniil looked great, although credit must be given to Hurkacz – the Pole fought very well.
Daniil set a new record among Russians by reaching the semi-finals of Grand Slam tournaments: Medvedev will play in the semi-finals for the eighth time. The previous record belonged to Russian Marat Safin.
“I was just destroyed. Already at the end of the second set, it wasn’t that I lacked strength, but it was physically difficult. I thought I had to hang on somehow other. But he played very well. In the “In the fourth set, I was no longer concentrated. And I just tried to do my best – and if I had lost, I would have lost and gone home,” Medvedev said after the match.
The main question is: what state is Daniil in after the next marathon? There isn’t much time to recover.
Zverev and Medvedev will play for the first time at TBS
The German Alexander Zverev created a real sensation in the quarter-finals. The Olympic champion was a clear outsider in the confrontation with the 2nd racket in the world, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. But now Alcaraz himself is not in perfect condition, and Zverev is so good.
The German tennis player was about to close Alcaraz in three sets – 6:3, 6:1, 6:7 (2:7), 6:4, with a score of 5:3 in the third set. But then he lost his serve and conceded in a tense tiebreaker.
After Alcaraz won the tiebreaker, it looked like the Spaniard might find his courage again. But how Zverev finally managed to achieve victory!
Surprisingly, Medvedev and Zverev have never participated in a Grand Slam tournament.
The athletes met 18 times in different tournaments. But not in the majors. In total, Medvedev has beaten Zverev 11 times. Seven matches ended in victories for the German tennis player. Well, the Russian will have a good chance of reaching the final. Zverev is definitely tough on Dana.
Anton Mozgovoy, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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