In her conversation with socialbites.ca, former world number two among juniors Anastasia Pivovarova pointed out a significant change in Daniil Medvedev’s ball-receiving game in the semi-final match against Hubert Hurkacz at the Australian Open.
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“There was a lot of controversy about Daniil’s move; he usually stood very far away, but in the match with Hurkac he stood much closer. Danya did not reveal this secret, but he already knew that in the match with Hurkac he would stand closer to the court because the Polish tennis player was very tall and 225 km He was serving at /hour speed. Therefore, the ball flies very high and does not fall, so there is no point in standing so far away when receiving the ball. This change in Medvedev’s technique was noticed by all tennis fans,” said Pivovarova.
According to the graphics in the match broadcast, Medvedev stood two meters behind the baseline for Hurkacz’s first serve, and took a position at the line for Pole’s second serve.
In the previous four rounds of the Australian Open, Medvedev stood much further back, positioning himself on average six meters behind the baseline (on his opponent’s first serve) or four meters behind the baseline (on his second serve).
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