On January 26, Beijing time, the Australian Open men's singles arena was born a crazy duel! New World No. 2-ranked U.S. Open champion Medvedev finally made a surprise turn in the face of a 0-2 deficit in the set, defeating the 22-year-old Aliassim 6-7,3-6/7-6/7-5,6-4. Medvedev reached the australian open men's singles quarterfinals for the second consecutive year, with a semi-final match against Tsitsipas. Aliassim was defeated, but his performance was still impressive.
In the men's singles final of the US Open last season, Medvedev won a stunning victory, shattering Djokovic's dream of an annual Grand Slam, becoming the first post-95 Grand Slam champion in history. Today, Medvedev has become the unquestioned leader of the new generation. In Deyo's absence, Medvedev was seen as the number one favourite to win the Australian Open. If Medvedev wins the Australian Open, he will replace Djokovic as the new world number one, thus breaking the monopoly of the Big Four for nearly 20 years.
But against the new generation of supernova Aliassim, Medvedev is obviously difficult to win easily. As the first post-00 player in history to reach the final four of the Grand Slam men's singles, Aliassim has excellent serve and forehand offensive ability. And this match is one of the most exciting matches of this year's Australian Open.
In the first set, the two sides each completed a break in the first 12 sets, and the game went into a grab seven. In the seven sets, Aliassem won 7-4. In the second set, Aliassim took the lead in the second set and then held on to the advantage, with the starting advantage, Aliassem won another set 6-3 to take a 2-0 lead.
The desperate Medvedev played hard in the third set, but he stubbornly saved all 6 serves and brought the third set back to grab seven. In the seventh set, Medvedev won 7-2 to make the score 1-2. In the fourth set, the two sides saved their own first 8 sets. In the 9th set, Medvedev missed a break point. In the 10th set, Aliassim forced out the match point! But Medvedev relied on the serve to do its best, 5-5! Medvedev roared furiously, releasing long-suppressed emotions. In the 11th set, Medvedev broke. In the 12th set that followed, he took the serve to win the set and dragged the match into the decider 7-5.
In the fifth set, Aliassim was already noticeably weak. In the second set, his serve was broken. Medvedev's play became smoother, and Aliassim had to apply for a medical suspension to relieve the pressure. Medvedev led 4-3. In the 8th set, Aliassem missed a break point and Medvedev took a 5-3 lead. In the end, Medvedev won the decider 6-4 and completed the big reversal 3-2!