History is always strikingly similar. On the day 17 years ago - January 27, 2005, the Russian Saffin, as the last runner-up of the Australian Open, played against the 23-year-old Federer in the semi-finals, and the two sides played five sets, and Safin was also federer in the fourth set, but in the end, Safin successfully saved the match point, defeated the Swiss king, and finally defeated Hewitt in the final to win the championship.
17 years later, on January 26, 2022, Russian Medvedev was also the last runner-up of the Australian Open, in the quarterfinals against the 21-year-old Canadian Aliassim, both sides also played 5 sets, May was also won by Aliassim in the fourth set, similarly, May turned the tide to save the match point, and finally defeated the new Canadian force. The two played the most exciting and upshod tennis match since the opening of the Australian Open.
Even more coincidentally, the two men defeated by the Russians were born on the same day, Federer was born on August 8, 1981, and Aliassim was born on August 8, 2000. If Safine's script of that year is followed, May will always win the second Grand Slam title of his career at the Australian Open. Then, he will create a history of the "first man" who won the first crown and then won the second crown back-to-back.
Daniil Medvedev - D.Medvedev defeated F.Auger-Aliassime
Since the Open era, a total of 53 new Grand Slam men's singles champions have been born, but 52 of them have not won the Grand Slam tournament after winning the championship, and only Mei zong still has a chance to break this record. And even if he failed to win the championship, Mei Zong still became one of the most stable men's singles players after the Big Three. Since the Open era, only three Grand Slam winners have been Murray (runners-up in the 2013 Australian Open after winning the 2012 US Open), Djokovic (2008 Australian Open champion, 2008 French Open Semifinals) and 8 Grand Slam winners Rendell (1984 French Open champion, 1984 Wimbledon Semifinals). According to this logic, Mei's total achievement should be 3 Grand Slams (just kidding).
Speaking of which, there was also last year's Australian Open 16-8 match, Aliassim was also from Russia Karatsev let two chase three, and this year's Australian Open 1/4 final, faa was reversed by the Russians to let two chase three, so that countless fans regretted for the youngster. However, the FAA was calm in the whole field, there was almost no obvious emotional exposure, and after the game, it was frank to face the defeat, objectively treat the places where they played well and badly, did not make excuses, and were very fans. 21-year-old young people, with a mature mentality that surpasses their peers, have unlimited prospects.
After the catastrophe of the quarter-finals, May was put to death and reborn, and the semi-finals will be against the "boring colleague" Tsitsipas, once again repeating last year's Australian Open semi-finals. Last time, Mei Zong took the final opportunity from Sissi, this time, it can be clearly felt that Sissi is more restrained and mature, and his desire for victory is better than in the past, so this game must be a vicious battle of Mars splashing around. However, I don't know who the balance of victory will be biased towards?
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