2012 Olympic bronze medalist, former world number three Nadezhda Petrova hope that this experience Daniel Medvedev will help him regain strength after a five-set match with Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
On Wednesday, Medvedev defeated Hurkacz with a score of 7:6 (7:4), 2:6, 6:3, 5:7, 6:4. The meeting lasted 3 hours 59 minutes. Following the results of the match, the Russian tennis player said that he was already very tired at the end of the second set, and by the fourth he lost concentration. Later, German Alexander Zverev defeated Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in four sets.
“I think Medvedev is psychologically ready for the decisive matches, but I don’t know how he will recover physically now. He should probably have time to recover between now and the semi-finals, since he is already a fairly experienced tennis player. Of course, it is mentally difficult to immediately plunge into such a big tournament as the Australian Open: it is enormous stress, tension and strong emotions. You don’t always know how your body will behave.
For example, in the fourth set of the match against Hurkac, Medvedev took a break and I even stopped watching the broadcast because I realized he was going to win. But then Daniil’s nerves woke up: he could not close the match and he had to play another fifth set. Such psychological nuances also affect the game,” Petrova told Gazeta.Ru.
The Australian Open semi-final between Medvedev and Zverev will take place on January 26.
Gazeta.ru
Source : MatchTV
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