On January 20, Beijing time, the second round of the Australian Open men's singles match continued, in a focus battle at rodrawall stadium, the no. 2 seed Medvedev met with the local player Kyrgios. In the previous two meetings, The two have met twice, and Kyrgios has won the game. Medvedev was even better in today's match, knocking Out Kyrgios after four sets of hard work to make it to the third round of the Australian Open.
In the first set, Medvedev broke first in the 3rd set before he took a 3-1 lead. In the 8th inning, Kyrgios cashed in on the fourth break point to tie the set to 4-4. After that, both sides saved the serve and the first set was dragged into the grab seven. Medvedev led the way in seven sets to win the first set seven 7-1.
In the second set, Kyrgios saved the break point in the 8th set, and in the 10th set, Kyrgios was greeted with no way back, and Medvedev cashed in on the second break point to win the second set 6-4.
In the first six sets of the third set, both sides saved serves, and in the seventh set, Kyrgios completed a key break before he took a 5-3 lead. In the 10th set, Kyrgios successfully saved the set and won the set 6-4.
In the first five sets of the fourth set, both sides saved their own serves, and in the sixth set Medvedev took the lead and took a 4-2 lead. In the 8th inning, Kyrgios again lost a set without a way back in the game, and Medvedev broke to win the fourth set 6-2.
In the end, in a match that lasted 2 hours and 58 minutes, the No. 2 seed Medvedev defeated local darling Kyrgios 7-6 (1), 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to win nine consecutive Grand Slam games and reach the round of 32 at the Australian Open for four consecutive years. Medvedev's opponent in the next round will be the Netherlands' Van der Zamshupp, who eliminated Gasquet to advance.