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Medvedev defeated Terence Atman, Emil Ruusuvuori, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Nuno Borges and Hubert Hurkacs en route to the semi-finals. All of his matches lasted at least four sets, with the exception of his third-round clash against Auger-Aliassime.
The quarterfinal match between Medvedev and Hurkac lasted five sets. The Russian beat the Pole with a score of 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. This secures him a place in the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the third time in four years.
Alexander Zverev’s path to the semi-finals is almost the same as Daniil Medvedev’s. The German also played matches that lasted at least 4 sets, with the exception of his third round fight with Alex Michelsen.
In addition to Michelsen, Zverev has beaten players such as Dominik Koepfer, Lukas Klein and Cameron Norrie. In the quarter-finals, he created a sensation and eliminated the second racket in the world, Carlos Alcaraz. The German’s 6-1, 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-4 victory over Alcaraz in the quarterfinals helped him reach the semifinals of the Australian Open for the second times in his career. The first was in 2020 then the German lost in four sets to Dominic Thiem 6-3, 4-6, 6-7, 6-7. Zverev reached the final of TBS tournaments only once in his career – in 2020 at the Australian Open, then he also lost to Dominic Thiem, and along the way he led 2:0 and ultimately lost 2:3. This tournament is famous for the fact that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal did not initially come to it, and Novak Djokovic was disqualified for hitting the referee with the ball in the fourth round match against Pablo Carreno Busta. It was Carreno Busta that Zverev beat in the semi-final, but did not take advantage of his chance. This was finally done by Dominic Thiem, who never won another TBS and has now slipped into the top 100 of the ATP rankings.
Medvedev and Zverev have faced each other 18 times, with the Russian holding an 11-7 head-to-head advantage. Their last match took place at the 2023 ATP Finals, where the Russian beat the German 7-6(7), 6-4 to reach the semi-finals.
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