26 the one, 2024, 8:27 AM ET
Daniil Medvedev ordered everyone to shut up, but mainly Alexander Zverev who might not close the match with a two-set lead.
Daniil Medvedev remonta ante Alexander Zverev. Getty Images
The Russian completed a historic comeback and reached the final of the Australian Open. It was 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) and 6-3 in four hours and 18 minutes to reach his third final in Melbourne.
It will be the sixth Grand Slam final for Medvedev, who has a major title, once morest Serbian Novak Djokovic in Flushing Meadows in 2021.
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With the victory, the Moscow tennis player leads his head-to-head with Zverev by 12-7, following having won six of the last seven meetings.
It was the fourth time that the Muscovite completed a comeback following losing the first two sets. The first of them was once morest the Croatian Marin Cilic at Wimbledon (third round, 2021), the second once morest the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Australian Open (quarterfinals, 2022) and the third once morest the Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori in this edition (second round).
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“I am very proud to have fought every ball until the end, it is impressive to have finished this with a victory,” He stated before referring to Jannik Sinner, his rival in the final.
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