At the Australian Open slam tournament, world number three Daniil Medvedev had big problems with Finnish number one Emil Ruusuvuori (ATP 53rd) in the second round, but ultimately won 3:6, 6:7 (1 ), 6:4, 7 after a match that lasted almost four and a half hours. :6 (1).
After winning the opening set in 43 minutes, Ruusuvuori went ahead with a break right at the start of the second set, but lost serve in both the sixth and eighth games and trailed 3:5. Soon after, the Finn managed to recover and took the set to a quick final game, where he conceded Medvedev just one point.
In the third set Finland managed to take the lead after losing 1:4 and also got a break point in the eighth game, but failed to take advantage of it. In the opening game of the fourth set, Ruusuvuori lost serve to nil, and although he leveled the score with a break in the eighth game, he now managed to gain only one point in the quick final game. The deciding set was no longer tense and the third racket in the world won it in less than half an hour.
The entire match lasted four hours and 20 minutes in Melbourne, with the men finishing the match at 3.40am local time. Medvedev scored 23 aces against the Finn, the Russian won 70 percent of the points played on the first serve (Ruusuvuori 58). Medvedev made 51 forehands and 63 unforced errors, the same figures for the Finn were 50 and 74.
In the third round Medvedev, who has left the marathon battle behind him, will meet the 27th Canadian number one Felix Auger-Aliassime.
The Polish Hubert Hurkacz, ranked ninth, also had to play five sets on the court, taking three and a half hours to defeat the Czech Jakub Mensik (ATP 142nd) 6:7 (9), 6:1, 5 :7, 6:1, 6:3.
2024-01-18 16:47:00
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