Daniil Medvedev has advanced to the Australian Open final for the first time with a comprehensive 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 victory against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Aside from a late third-set comeback attempt from Tsitsipas, Medvedev was in outrageously good form as he neutralized his opponent’s attacking skills and contested the majority of the
2-hours and 9-minutes encounter on his terms inside Rod Laver Arena. The world No. 4 landed 46 winners and won 88 percent of his first-serve points en route to victory.
The 25-year-old Russian has now reached his second Grand Slam final of his career, after he lost the first one to Rafael Nadal at the 2019 US Open. This time around, he will face world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final showdown on Sunday.