18-time USSR tennis champion Anna Dmitrieva shared her thoughts on Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev’s victory in the first round of the Australian Open and told what kind of difficulties the athlete had to face. His words lead the way “Sports Express”.
“First of all, this was Medvedev’s first official match this season. This is always very difficult, a serious test for yourself. In the first set, he was testing himself rather than fighting his opponent. I would not take this first set into account,” said Dmitrieva.
In the match that lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes, Medvedev was leading in sets 2-1 – 5:7, 6:2, 6:4, but he left the match at the beginning of the fourth game because his opponent injured his leg in the third game. to arrange.
In the second round, Medvedev will fight against Finn Emil Ruusuvuori.
Daniil Medvedev is ranked third in the ATP world rankings. He has already reached two finals at the Australian Open; He lost to Rafael Nadal in 2021 and Novak Djokovic a year later in the latter. Last season, the Russian was eliminated in the third round in Melbourne.
Previously Medvedev wish Give your opponent a good rest on the beach.