The hottest winner – Medvedev
Before the start of the Australian Open, Djokovic was the hottest person to win the title. After winning his 9th Australian Open title last year, he was crowned King of Melbourne. However, the Australian government laughed and joined forces with the new crown epidemic to send him home.
No. 3 seed Zverev Jr. has made it clear that he is a hard-court big three with Djokovic and Medvedev. When he met Shapovalov in the fourth round, Shapovalov smiled and swept him home 3-0.
Next, No. 2 seed Medvedev is the hottest candidate. Since he beat Djokovic to win his first Grand Slam in the final of the US Open last year, many people are optimistic that he won the Australian Open back-to-back. His signature form is also recognized as the most relaxed, and there is no one who can beat him in the 8/8 district. Sure enough, he cut melons and chopped vegetables all the way, only losing one set to Kyrgios in the second round and one set to Cressy in the fourth round, easily reaching the quarterfinals. Eight-on-four faced 9th seed Aliassim.
Let the two chase three versions, only Mei can always stage
The post-00s representative Aliassim was not mentally good before, because he reached 8 tour finals in his career, all of which ended in failure. At this year's Australian Open, he played a five-set set in the first round, and there were two four-set sets, and it was not easy to win.
So when the "big hit" Medvedev met the "little fragile" Aliassim, everyone thought it would be a sweep.
However, the script always did not go according to people's wishes, the first set of the 11th set Aliassem took the lead in breaking, and then Medvedev broke back, and then the situation was glued into the seventh, Aliassim 7-4 first set; in the second set of the second set, Aliassim once again took the lead in breaking, and with this advantage 6-3 to the next set. The big score was 2-0.
At this time, Medvedev was already on the edge of the cliff, the third set of two-man scores glued again, after entering the seventh, Medvedev took the lead in mini breaks, when the sky was not beautiful, it rained. The ceiling closed for a 15-minute timeout before Medvedev quickly returned to blood, winning the tie-7-2 and pulling back a set.
In the fourth set, both were at a high level and both had super strong performances. In particular, Aliassim was significantly stronger than Medvedev in terms of ball quality, and at one point Medvedev only had the strength to defend. Fortunately, Mei always had a serve protector to bite the score, and in the 12th set, Aliassim had a misjudgment of the ball in the serve, resulting in a break by Mei zong, losing another set 5-7. The score between the two sides came to 2-2.
In the decider, Medvedev's state continued to rise, but Aliassim's physical fitness declined, and he was unstable at one point, and in the third set, He was first broken by May, and he faced Medvedev's 6 break points, but all of them were wasted. Mei Zong won the match after 5-4, successfully saved the serve, and took away the victory of the game 6-4.
Eight-in-four matches, three five-set battles
It is worth mentioning that the australian open men's singles eight-to-four four games, staged three five-set battles.
Yesterday Nadal was tied 2-0 by Shapovalov and narrowly won the decider; the same script happened to Berrettini, who narrowly beat Monfils 3-2. Neither Shapo nor Monfils, who lost the game, was able to stage a script that would make the two chase three.
You know, this is Djokovic's best play, but Djokovic is not there, and almost no one can play it.
This time Medvedev staged a successful script, proving his absolute strength on the hard court! It was also the second time in his career that he staged a Jedi Strike Back. In the semi-finals, he will compete with Tsitsipas for a final spot.