Former footballer “Spartacus” Yegor Titov said he was convinced that the Russian tennis player Daniel Medvedev will win the Grand Slam this season.
Medvedev lost to Italian Jannik Sinner in the final of the Australian Open with a score of 6:3, 6:3, 4:6, 4:6, 3:6.
— I watched almost the entire finale. The first two sets are fantastic! It’s been a long time since Medvedev led the match with this much confidence. Sinner is fine, I watched the match with Djokovic, how he treated Novak. I even felt a little pity for our Serbian friend. I was surprised by the final, especially the first two sets. Dani’s defeat was an unpleasant surprise. I was sure that after the victory, I would write to my tennis friends to discuss how great it was. But that didn’t happen.
Daniil repeated the same mistake when leading 2-0 against Nadal in 2022 and lost. He has to draw conclusions, why is he holding back and making so many double mistakes? It’s a question of psychology. In any case, we will support him and all our tennis players! Today, we see a big progress in our girls, which is worth Andreeva’s performance. I see girls born in 2000 playing now, when my oldest daughter was playing. She finished it a long time ago, but there are girls who still play. For example, Rybakina was part of this circle.
At this tournament, Medvedev played four five-set matches, also winning 3-1. He didn’t have easy matches at all. Physically he seemed pretty good, although after Hurkach he said he was tired. It was then clear that the workload was enormous. The man has played in six finals and only won one, that’s saying something. Does he need a psychologist? It is the art of the technical staff to mentally lead Danya to victory. Medvedev is his own psychologist, he can shout and play with the audience. He does that very well.
The opponent adds that somewhere Medvedev himself was tired, Sinner was the best prepared for the tournament. His catastrophic failure in the first two sets was incomprehensible to me, because only Medvedev was on the court. As for Nadal’s last defeat, Danya then lost to the greatest tennis player with great charisma. For the last 15-20 years we say this about Nadal, Federer and Djokovic also makes us happy. Novak will soon be 37, a dangerous age for a tennis player. I think we’ll see him again in a year.
The key moment of the final was Dani’s defeat on serve. It is very easy to talk and reason, but it was impossible to achieve such a situation. It is necessary to give credit to Sinner, he knew how to fight with himself and caught up with his game. In the third set at 4:4, Sinner took the serve, which became the decisive moment of the match. I already understood that it would be sad, and Danya began to make even more mistakes.
Note the support of the Italians, the local supporters were also for Yannick. But we know that it helps Medvedev because he knows how to work with the public. In the fifth set it was clear that there were few chances and Sinner would not let go of hers. It’s very disappointing that the second trophy is in your hands, but you let it fall. There will still be important tournaments, I’m sure he should win this year. It’s time! He has already played in many finals and has only won one. As a fan, this annoys me, I want more,” Titov said, as quoted by Metaratings.ru.
Medvedev lost in the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the fifth time in his career, the third time at the Australian Open. The 27-year-old Russian won the US Open in 2021.
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Source : MatchTV
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