Olympic tennis champion Elena Vesnina is surprised that Russian Daniil Medvedev failed to take a single set in the third round match of the Australian Open with Sebastian Korda.

Korda beat Medvedev – 7:6, 6:3, 7:6. Medvedev will now drop out of the top 10 ATP rankings for the first time in 3.5 years.

– Medvedev played with a very dangerous and promising tennis player. The Russian was still remembered in the match with Djokovic in Adelaide, he lost, but showed that he was a talented and strong player. It’s a shame that Danya was not able to impose his game and feel his tennis, he was catching up the whole match, and it was not possible to turn the tide of the match. Lost to a very strong tennis player who can make it to the final or even win the tournament.

Losing for a tennis player who aims to win the Australian Open is clearly not a success. But such misfires happen, it happened with the great Agassi, Federer, you need to draw conclusions. Maybe he did not have time to prepare properly, the grid matters, the opponent showed incredible tennis today, the level was at least top 10.

It is surprising that Danya lost 0-3 and did not take a single set, because it is very difficult to win three sets in a row against him. Danya was catching up the whole match, it is psychologically very difficult, Korda was one step closer and more active, Medvedev was the opposite. But it happens – it’s tennis, – said Vesnina Metaratings.ru.

The Australian Open runs from 16 to 30 January 2023.