Let two chase three!May 3-2 epic reversal Zverev 3 into the Australian Open final will compete with Sinner for the title

On January 26, Beijing time, in the second men's singles semifinal of the 2024 Australian Open, No. 3 seed Medvedev faced No. 6 seed Zverev. In the showdown of the post-95 leaders, Medvedev staged a super comeback to let two chase three after losing two sets, and then won three sets in a row with a total score of 3-2 to eliminate Zverev, the specific score was 5-7/3-6/7-6(4)/7-6(5)/6-3, and advanced to the Australian Open final for the third time in his career. As for Sinner's 3-1 elimination of Djokovic in the other semi-final, Medvedev will compete with Sinner in the Australian Open final, and the Australian Open will also have a new men's singles champion.

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1. Medvedev advanced to the Australian Open final for the third time in 4 years, and won the runner-up in the past two times.

2. Medvedev has advanced to the Grand Slam final for the sixth time in his career, and has only won one championship in the past five times.

3、梅德维德夫生涯第3次让二追三。

4. Medvedev's career five-set battle improved to 6-9.

【Player Profile】

Zverev is one of the best representatives of the post-95 generation, having finished runner-up at the US Open in 2020, and his best record at the Australian Open is reaching the semifinals in 2020 before reaching the second round of the Australian Open last season.

Medvedev is also a leading representative of the post-95 generation, having won the US Open in 2021 and the US Open runner-up in 2019 and 2023, with his best record at the Australian Open being two runners-up in 2021 and 2022.

【Promotion Tour】

In the first five rounds of the Australian Open, Medvedev only did not lose a set 3-0 in the third round against the No. 27 seed Aliassime, and the other four matches were all blocked, especially the narrow 3-2 victory over Hurkacz in the previous round. As for Zverev's 3-1 3-1 knockout of world No. 2 Alcaraz in the last round, he beat a top-five player in the world for the first time in a major slam tournament in his career, and he also led Germany to win the United Cup this year.

【Confrontation Situation】

The two sides have met 18 times in their careers, with Medvedev holding an 11-7 advantage, and Medvedev has an absolute upper hand at 5-1 in six meetings between the two last season.

【Contest Review】

In the first set, Medvedev held serve in the first game, and then Zverev broke twice in four games to take a 4-1 lead. Medvedev broke two games in a row, and Zverev held serve in the eighth game to take a 5-3 lead. Medvedev won two more games in a row, and the first ten games were tied at 5-5. Zverev won two more games in a row at the end of the set, broke three times in the first set, and held on to his second serve to win the set, and Medvedev dropped the first set 5-7.

Entering the second set, the two sides held serve in the first four games to maintain a 2-2 lead, and Zverev broke the tie to take a 4-2 lead in the first six games. Medvedev won the seventh game with four straight points, Zverev broke the tie to continue to suppress, and Medvedev dropped another set 3-6.

In the third set, the two sides played in the first 12 games, each holding serve to maintain 6-6. The pair then went into a tie-break, with Zverev failing to win 4-7 in the tie-break and Medvedev pulling the set back 7-6(4).

In the fourth set, in the first 12 games, the two sides once again held serve to maintain 6-6. The two entered the tie-break again, Zverev still failed to win 5-7, and Medvedev pulled back another set 7-6 (5), and the total score of the first four sets was chased to 2-2.

In the fifth set, the two sides held serve again in the first four games to maintain 2-2. Medvedev then broke back-to-back to hold Zverev to take a 4-2 lead in the first six games, and then held serve in the next two games. Medvedev made a crucial break in the ninth game to win another set 6-3, and finally Medvedev defeated Zverev 3-2 on aggregate, and advanced to the Australian Open final for the third time in his career, where he will face Sinner for the title.

【Final Matchup】

Medvedev vs Zverev

Sinner eliminated defending champion Novak Djokovic 3-1 in the other semi-final, ending Djokovic's 33-game winning streak at the Australian Open, Sinner's first career Grand Slam final and the first post-00s player to qualify for the Australian Open men's singles final.

(Text/Drunken Sleeping)