The American advances to the 3rd round by winning 6-3 7-6 6-7 1-6 7-6 against last edition’s finalist. Now there is a chasm for Sonego until the quarterfinals. The 38 year old Monfils is also forward
Daniil Medvedev eliminated in the second round of the Australian Open, at the end of a match that is not an exaggeration to define as absurd. A match, that of the 2024 finalist here in Melbourne, which ended at 3 am (local time) after a five-set battle lasting 4 hours and 51 minutes on the Margaret Court Arena (6-3 7-6 (4) 6-7 (8) 1-6 7-6 (7) the score), where truly everything happened. Applause, lots of applause, to Learner Tien, born in 2005, already protagonist of the Next Gen Finals in Ryad, who had to have lost in the final against Joao Fonseca: the American was the protagonist, against Medvedev, of a sensational match.
missed opportunity
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Despite everything, despite a shoulder that doesn’t want to go and evident motivational problems for months now, Medvedev was about to win the match anyway, serving for the match at 6-5 in the fifth, but he wasn’t able to close out what would have been It was the fourth victory out of five consecutive matches played by him in the fifth set in Melbourne since last year’s quarter-finals, when he beat Hurkacz in the quarter-finals, then Zverev in the semi-final and then lost to Sinner. Medvedev returns home, loses a ton of points and ends up finding himself number eight or nine in the world at the end of the tournament, depending on the results of his opponents. And watch out, really watch out, for this Tien, who after having dominated the Challenger and ITF circuits last year, is definitely ready for the big leap and is someone who will give many a hard time in the immediate future too.
chasm
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With the elimination of Medvedev, among other things, a chasm opens up on Lorenzo Sonego’s side for the quarter-finals: who knows. No problem for Taylor Fritz, seeded number 4, and for Alex from Minaur, number 8. The American, who really impressed in these first two matches, literally swept away the Chilean Garin with a score of 6-2 6- 1 6-0, while the Australian, on the Rod Laver Arena, beat the American Boyer 6-2 6-4 6-3. Also forward are Cerundolo, the 38-year-old Monfils and Khachanov and Michelsen, Hurkacz out at the hands of Kecmanovic, with the Pole even dropping out of the top 20 in the world.
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