Russian tennis player, bronze medalist of the 2012 Olympics, former third racket in the world, founder of the children’s tennis school, Nadezhda Petrova shared her expectations from the third round match of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Final Tournament. ) between Daniil Medvedev and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. In his conversation with socialbites.ca, he noted that Alcaraz has more motivation to win this match.
“Probably Medvedev looks more stable. Apart from the Grand Slams, he had a great season. I played these two matches very confidently, without losing a set. I think he will try to leave the group as number one.
However, Alcaraz is a young and ambitious man. He has proven this season that he is worthy of the number one spot. He suffered an unexpected injury towards the end, preventing him from playing in important tournaments and he had to take a break. Overall he had a great season. Although he lost the first match in three sets, he looked very good against Rublev in the second match. Alcaraz moved superbly, delivered incredible, difficult balls and had an astonishing reaction to them. And Andrey Rublev was no match for Alcaraz, despite trying to play his best tennis. Since this is his first Finals tournament and the second racquet in the world, he is incredibly motivated to win this meeting, beat Medvedev and “account” for his defeat at the US Open.
It will be an interesting battle. It seems to me that youthful energy and crazy desire to win can help Alcaraz beat Danya,” says Petrova.
Medvedev gained early access to the semi-finals of the Final Tournament. In the first match, he defeated his compatriot Andrei Rublev with scores of 6:4, 6:2, and then defeated German representative Alexander Zverev with sets of 7:6 (9:7), 6:4.
Former world number two in the name Medvedev is the favorite in the match with Alcaraz.