Australian Open, Daniil Medvedev recovers Alexander Zverev and flies to the final

Australian Open: Daniil Medvedev-Alexander Zverev 5-7 3-6 7-6 (4) 7-6 (5) 6-3

It will be Daniil Medvedev who will be Jannik Sinner's opponent for the title at the Australian Open, the first slam of the 2024 season. The Russian tennis player, in fact, defeated Alexander Zverev in five sets with a score of 5-7 3-6 7-6 6-3, after a marathon of nearly 4 hours and 20 minutes, earning his sixth career Slam final, the third in Melbourne.

Zverev è the absolute star of the beginning of the match, as he immediately managed to take a two-break lead. Medvedev, for his part, finally manages to get into the game and sew up the break. In the 12th game, the Russian has the chance to take the set to the tie-break, but the German cancels them and then closes on 7-5 after an incredible 51-shot exchange. The second partial was less hard-fought, where the world number 6 took advantage of his rival’s service errors to close out the partial with a score of 6-3.

In the third set, the match's inertia shifted in favor of the world number three, who managed to regain his percentages on serve and at the tie-break managed to be more lucid and close the partial on 7-4. The fourth set è characterized by much fatigue on both sides. However, both players manage to keep their turn at bat until the tie-break, which is won once again by Medvedev.

In the last set, the Russian tennis player does not drop, while "Sascha" has to deal with several errors that cost him the decisive break in the fifth game. From that moment, the world number six can no longer get up and è was forced to surrender 6-3 in favor of the world number three.

In the final Daniil Medvedev will face Jannik Sinner, who beat Novak Djokovic in four sets. There are nine career records between the two players, with the Russian è leading 6-3. The South Tyrolean, however, after losing the first six confrontations, has won the last three, including in the semifinals at the Nitto ATP Finals.