Former world number two among juniors Anastasia Pivovarova, in a conversation with socialbites.ca, told about when the turning point occurred in the match between Daniil and Medvedev and Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open final.
The Russian tennis player won the first two sets with scores of 6:3 and 6:3, but then lost in three consecutive sets (4:6, 4:6, 3:6). was defeated in the match.
“When Daniil sat down due to fatigue in the third and fourth sets, a completely different game began. Medvedev made more mistakes and was less able to endure long rallies.
Then Sinner’s tactics started to work. She played completely different tennis, gained confidence, calmed down and began to show the high level that she showed in all previous matches at the Australian Open,” Pivovarova said.
The world’s former second player also noted that the decline in Medvedev’s game was easily predictable.
“It was no surprise that Daniil sank in the final sets. Frankly, I was already expecting the game he showed in the third and fourth sets in the first and second sets. Therefore, there are no questions for Medvedev, he is a great man: he did everything he could and even more. For example, he was great at shortening shots and playing shortened ones himself, going to the goal and making great shots there,” Pivovarova emphasized.
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