Alexander Zverev (6th) was well on his way to marking a return to a Grand Slam final more than three years later, but it could never happen Daniil Medvedev (3rd) as defeated and resilience was the key word. The Russian found himself in a very delicate position, but woke up in time to begin an impressive turnaround that, with scores of 5-7, 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(5) and 6- 3 guarantees him the third appearance of his career in the Australian Open final.
Two breaks in service consolidated Zverev’s brief rise to the lead, but the German still allowed himself to be caught and only later took the final step to move to the fore. Faced with a still somewhat faded Russian, he expanded the border by a second set one-way route and now sees the ticket to the final one game away.
However, Medvedev proved that he had not yet thrown in the towel and, after having threatened his opponent’s service on a few occasions, carried out his attacks on a tie-break which restored his hope. In a partial quarter that was almost a copy of the previous one, the Muscovite was once again unable to convert the break opportunities and only in a new stubborn streak did he rescue the result for his side, forcing the dispute of a decreatory fifth chapter: in this final At this stage, Zverev’s mental failure was notorious and Medvedev took advantage of the momentum to complete the comeback.
With the party in this true tussle resolved only after almost four and a half hours, Alexander Zverev heads to last Sunday with the second comeback of the fortnight after having been losing 0-2 and wants to live up to the saying that third time is for good. If in 2021 he conceded in the final against Novak Djokovic and the following year he came back as a defeated finalist against Rafael Nadalthis time he wants to reverse the record in a final scheduled meeting with the Italian Jannik Sinner.