2024-01-28 00:04:17
Xinhua News Agency, Melbourne, January 27th: Sinner will face Medvedev at the Australian Open, waiting for the “new king”
Tristan Lavalette, Wang Qi
The 22-year-old rising star Sinner defeated the tournament’s “ten-time champion” Djokovic at the 2024 Australian Open on the 26th, which may shake up the current landscape of men’s tennis. The Italian is only one step away from winning his first career Grand Slam trophy, and No. 3 seed Medvedev is the last obstacle on his way to the championship.
At this Australian Open, Sina Rui was unstoppable. He eliminated Russian star Khachanov and No. 5 seed Rublev in a hot state without losing a set, and met Djokovic in the semi-finals.
Challenging the world number one, Sinner did not fall behind and won 6:1, 6:2, 6:7 (6) and 6:3, ending Djokovic’s 33-game winning streak at Melbourne Park. . “The winning streak will end one day. Although I didn’t play well, I tried my best and lost to a player who was very likely to win his first Grand Slam.” Djokovic said after the game. .
Although he has never reached any Grand Slam finals, Sinner is still regarded as the favorite to win with his amazing performance in the 2023 season: winning the Canadian Masters, winning the China Open for the first time, winning the Vienna Open, and at the end of the year Defeat Djokovic twice. Sinner and Alcaraz, a two-time Grand Slam champion who is also a “post-00s generation”, are also regarded as leaders who can end the dominance of the “Big Three” and usher in a new era of tennis.
Compared with Sinner, Medvedev has more experience and has reached Grand Slam finals many times. At the 2021 US Open, Medvedev defeated Djokovic three times 6:4 and won the only Grand Slam trophy in his career so far.
On the road to this Australian Open final, Medvedev has been dragged into five-set battles three times. He said: “I am mentally stronger than before the Australian Open because I now know that I can achieve some things that I thought I couldn’t do before.”
While Medvedev has won six of nine previous meetings with Sinner, the Italian has won the last three. Sinner’s serving quality and offensiveness have improved significantly, which forced the Russian star to think carefully about his championship tactics.
“Each of the last three games was very difficult. One was a two-set tie-break, and the other two were three sets. It was near the end of the season, and my condition was less than 100%, maybe only in 97 % or 96%. But against Sinner, you have to do 100%,” Medvedev said. (over)
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