Australian Open Roundup: Medvedev's midnight reversal Tsitsipas reached the final four three times

Source: Xinhua Net

CANBERRA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Greece's Tsitsipas won the Australian Open on the 26th, and Russia's Medvedev staged a big reversal from the fierce battle that night to midnight, and the men's singles final four were all produced.

In melbourne Park in the middle of summer, No. 4 seed Tsitsitsipas defeated Italian rookie Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the final four of this year's grand slam tournament for the third time in his career. In the semi-finals, he will play against Medvedev.

In this campaign, although Tsitsitsipas had 28 unforced errors, he played a better 30 winning points, and the one-shot scoring rate was as high as 79%, which made him the first to break in every set and take the initiative.

Given that the opponent is world number ten Sinar and the three-set match is so crisp, Tsitsitsipas is considered to have a good chance of taking on his first Australian Open title.

On the same day, the grand finale of the Rod Laver Stadium lasted until around 00:30 local time on the 27th. No. 2 seed Medvedev showed super tenacity after conceding two sets, and after four hours and 42 minutes of fighting, he defeated Canadian youngster and No. 9 seed Aliassim 3:2 to advance to the semifinals.

Another semi-final of the men's singles will be played by Italy's Verettini, who reached the australian Open final four for the first time in his career, to challenge Spain's "king" Nadal.

In the women's singles, the Americans occupied two places in the final four. On the same day, the No. 7 seed and Polish star Svyatek experienced more than 3 hours of hard fighting, defeating veteran Kanepi 4:6, 7:6 (2), 6:3 to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time in his career. She will compete with America's Collins for a place in the final. 27th seed Collins swept French veteran Coney 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the Australian Open women's singles semifinals again after 2019. Another semi-final will be played by top seed, Australian "first sister" Barty, against American Keyes.

In the mixed doubles, the Sino-Australian combination and No. 2 seeded Zhang Shuai/Pierce lost to the French and Croatian combinations Mladenovic/Dodig, stopping the semi-finals.