Former world number one Yevgeny Kafelnikov talked about the upcoming match between Russian Daniil Medvedev and Serbian Novak Djokovic at a tournament in Australia. “RB Sports”.
The semi-final match of the tournament in Adelaide should be played on 7 January, with the estimated start at 13:00 Moscow time.
“I expect a good game from both Daniil and Novak here. And it is difficult, I would even say impossible, to predict who will win here. This is just the first tournament of the year,” Kafelnikov said.
On January 6, as part of the quarterfinals, Medvedev defeated compatriot Karen Khachanov with a score of 6:3, 6:3 in two sets. On the same day, Djokovic faced Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov, and their matches ended with the scores of 6:3, 6:4 in two sets.
Medvedev and Djokovic played a total of 12 times among themselves. The overall score is 8:4 in favor of the Serbian, 7:3 ahead in hard. Their last duel took place a few weeks ago in the Finals Tournament. Then it turned out that Djokovic was stronger 6:3, 6:7, 7:6.
Shamil Tarpishchev, President of the Russian Tennis Federation commented The upcoming match between Russian Daniil Medvedev and Serbian Novak Djokovic at a tournament in Australia.