18-time USSR tennis champion Anna Dmitrieva talked about the difficult victory of Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev against Finnish representative Emil Ruusuvuori in the second round of the Australian Open, and noted that there would be a difficult process ahead of the world’s third racket. . His words lead the way “Sports Express”.
“The match was difficult, but Daniil pulled it off, as world-class tennis players usually do. But I don’t have a better impression of Daniil’s game because it wasn’t always fluent. The important thing is that he won. We support him a lot, we are always hurt when he loses,” Dmitrieva said.
Medvedev beat Ruusuvuori in five games, winning 0:2 in sets (3:6, 6:7(1), 6:4, 7:6(1), 6:0). In the third round, he will meet Canadian representative Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Besides Medvedev, two Russians remained in the tournament. These are Karen Khachanov and Andrei Rublev.
Serbian Novak Djokovic continues to lead the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings (11,055 points). Spanish Carlos Alcaraz ranks second with 8855 points. Daniil Medvedev (7555 points) is in the top three. Fifth is another Russian Andrey Rublev (5010 points).
Previously former tennis player criticized Organizers of the Australian Open.