Daniil Medvedev reached the Australian Open final and will face Rafael Nadal

Daniil Medvedev will face Rafael Nadal for the Australian Open title on Sunday, January 30, after a thrilling victory over fourth-seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-final on Friday.

The Russian tennis player beat Tsitsipas in the semifinals 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4 and 6-1 in a clash that had many conflicts involved, since the Muscovite lost his nerve after the second set, after reproaching the Spanish chair umpire Jaume Campistol that the Greek was receiving instructions from his father. told him it was “very bad to be refereeing a semifinal”.

“For be honest, these emotions are not good. Many times I have lost games because of that kind of thing. But I was able to be back in the match even though I lost energy.” commented when closing the game in two and a half hours in a Rod Laver Arena that had the roof closed due to the heavy rains that hit the city of Melbourne this Friday.

The resolution of the first set was complicated, since it was moved to the tie-break and Tsitsipas, who began the tournament with doubts due to his elbow surgery, came to lead 4-2 in a tie-break game that he would end up giving up.

The second set could have been decisive after the young Athenian broke the tie with a break at 4-4 that made the Russian explode with the chair umpire. “Are you crazy!. Are you stupid or what? His father does not stop talking to him about each point, ” he reprimanded him disrespectfully and got away with it after he received no sanction.

Tsitsipas rejoined the match and made a break threat in the opening game of the third, with a 0-30, as a result of the tremendous anger of the reigning US Open champion. However, as Medvedev himself detailed, he managed to calm his emotions and struck a blow after winning the set by breaking serve at 5-4.

The Greek was deflated and let himself go in the last set, which he lost 6-1, in which he accumulated three winners and seven unforced errors. The Russian, who will be the new number one in the world, connected thirteen aces and accumulated 86% of points won with first.

It should be noted that Medvedev managed to reach the final at Melbourne Park for the second consecutive year after falling in the last edition against Serbian Novak Djokovic.