Former world number two among juniors Anastasia Pivovarova believes that Daniel Medvedev showed professionalism in the fifth set of the Australian Open quarter-final against the Pole Hubert Hurkacz which allowed us to win.
On Wednesday, Medvedev defeated Hurkac in the quarterfinals of the tournament with a score of 7:6 (7:4), 2:6, 6:3, 5:7, 6:4. In the semi-final of the Australian Open, the third racket in the world will face the German Alexander Zverev.
“I expected such a tough match, as this opponent was head and shoulders above all of Daniil’s previous opponents. In addition, the conditions of the match were very difficult: they played in unbearable heat, which exhausts tennis players a lot. After the second set, Danya did not feel well, he did not have enough strength and he tried to do everything to save energy: he went to the net, changed his style of play. It was difficult to concentrate.
It’s great that despite such conditions, Danya continued to fight in the fifth set and at the most decisive moment, with the score 3:3, he pulled himself together and played his best game. He fought, endured and gave everything to win this match and make the break (3:4). That’s what professionalism is: when you can do everything that depends on you at the right time and play competently. Thanks to this, Daniel won.
Medvedev is a higher level than Hurkach. And even though he was not feeling well at the moment, Danya showed his high level of tennis. I am happy that he showed such willpower to finish this difficult match,” Pivovarova said, as quoted by Gazeta.Ru.
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