Tennis
Fantastic Medvedev easily nailed Djokovic. Serb just shook his head
Daniil Medvedev / Photo: © REUTERS / Amr Alfiky
After a long dive, our tennis player again demonstrates amazing tennis.
After the unsuccessful end of last season and a dubious performance at the Australian Open 2023, Medvedev is reviving his game.
February for the former first racket of the world was very promising. In 14 days he won the tournament in Doha and Rotterdam, and now dominates the prestigious masters in Dubai.
Now Dana is not afraid of even the great Djokovic. With the first racket of the world, he finished in an hour and a half.
sad statistics
No matter what state the Russian is in, meetings with Djokovic turn into a test for him. And in the last year with a sad outcome
In October 2022, it seemed to many that Danya would be able to beat Novak in the Astana Open semi-finals, but after losing the tie-break of the second set, our athlete withdrew due to injury with a 1-1 score in sets.
A month later, they met each other again at the ATP Final Tournament, where the iron Serb, with experience and composure, took the match in the decisive tie-break.
This season also started awkwardly for the Russian: one step away from the final in Adelaide, the 35-year-old Nole easily got rid of his opponent, surpassing Danya in two sets without much struggle.
The last success of our tennis player was at the US Open 2021, the triumph at which is remembered rather as a distant past. All recent victories in the assets of Djokovic.
Too easy
In addition to the statistics in personal meetings before this match, there seemed to be a more serious advantage on the side of Novak.
The Serbian, having won the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, showed his resilience to the whole world. In Australia, even with an injury, he crushed opponents without mercy, and the winning streak by the time of the meeting with Medvedev had reached 20 games. How to beat such a Novak?
The only thing that gave me hope was Dani’s current progress with 13 unbeaten matches. And one more small nuance: the Russian won all his four victories over the Serb when Novak was on the first line of the ATP rating.
Surprisingly, all this extensive statistical layout was not needed at the start of the meeting. Danya used Novak’s blots with apparent ease and quickly closed the set (6:4).
Where is Novak?
There was a feeling that our tennis player is dealing with a good opponent from the top twenty rankings, but not with the legendary Djokovic. The Serb made a lot of mistakes, could not stand long rallies, which often ended in an out. Novak often used deep shots, but this time he seemed to lack the length of the court.
As usual, Novak cursed and argued with his team. And Danya, on the contrary, was focused and practically did not make unforced errors. Everything turned upside down in this match.
The second set also became a cold shower for the Serbian fans. He lost his pitch at the start of the game and tried in vain to make a break. In the eighth game, with an equal score (4:3, 40:40), on his serve, Danya showed that everything was fine with his nerves and did not even let his opponent earn a break point.
Well, the most striking episode of the end of the match occurred in the last game with the score 30:30 (5:4). Novak tried to complete a long draw with a perfect diagonal shortened blow, which even seemed unlikely to catch up. However, Medvedev ran and answered with a stunning twisted shot under the net.
At that moment, the audience finally realized: the Russian, speaking from the position of the second number before the start of the meeting, simply knocked out Novak. In a post-match interview, Danya honestly noted that Djokovic did not have the best game today. It’s hard to argue with that, but it’s even harder to doubt Medvedev’s strength.
It seems that he has risen from the unfortunate ending of last year and goes for the third title in a row. Ahead of the Russian final Rublev – Medvedev, unique for the tournament in Dubai.
Source: Sportbox
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January 25 Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina (WTA 12) The Australian Open will continue to be competed in 2026.
In the fourth round, the Ukrainian player will play against the seventh neutral racket in the world Mirra Andreeva. The fight will start at 12.00 Kyiv time in Rod Laver Arena.
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This will be the second head-to-head meeting between the rivals. The score is 1:0 in Andreeva’s favor.
The winner of the fight will face Coco Gauff or Carolina Muchova in the quarter-finals.
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Elina Svitolina (WTA 12) will face Mirra Andreeva (WTA 7) in the fourth round of the Australian Open on January 25.
The match is scheduled to start at 12:00 Kyiv time.
Sport.ua together with a betting partner bet announcing the upcoming fight!
Elina Svitolina
The Ukrainian athlete started this season brilliantly and currently has a streak of eight wins in official tournaments. Svitolina has already won the title in Auckland but she needs to perform well at the majors.
In the first round, the athlete defeated Spaniard Krystyna Buksha with scores of 6:4, 6:1, then defeated the young Polish player Linda Klimovichova with scores of 7:5, 6:1. The most difficult was the last match against the “neutral” Diana Schneider – 7:6, 6:3, in this match there were up to nine breaks. Svitolina won the last fight with her experience, made a little less mistakes, won a little more and finally put the finishing touches on her opponent.
The best performance at the Australian Open was in the quarter-finals; This was achieved three times, thus putting the tennis player one step away from repeating his personal best. If successful, Elina will compete with the winner of the Gauff-Mukhova pairing.
Mirra Andreeva
The “neutral” team also starts the season well but rarely behaves with dignity on the field. Andreeva reached the quarter-finals in Brisbane, where she deservedly lost to Marta Kostyuk in two sets. Later, the athlete managed to win the championship in Adelaide, beating Canadian Mboko in the final.
The tennis player is 18 years old and is not bothered by his busy schedule. Despite its place in the top 10, it lacks emotional stability. Andreeva started this tournament with a tough win against Donna Vekic – 4:6, 6:3, 6:0, then beat Greek Maria Sakkari 6:4, 6:0 and in the last match she beat Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6:3, 6:4. At the Australian Major the neutral team never advanced beyond the fourth round.
personal meetings
The tennis players played each other only once; The match took place in the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells tournament in March last year. Andreeva then won with scores of 7:5 and 6:3.
To guess
Bookmakers give a slight advantage to the “neutral”, which is explained by the fact that it is higher in the rankings and is also 13 years younger. Svitolina’s motivation will be very high in such a match.
I don’t think the winner will be determined quickly, so I’m betting on 1.76 out of 21.5 games in total.
Elina Svitolina01/25/2026 –
12:00
Mirra Andreeva 1.76 place a bet KRAIL License No. 559 dated 12/05/2024 Source: Sport UA
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On January 25, the 1/8 singles finals as well as the first round matches of the junior tournaments will begin at the 2026 Australian Open.
On Sunday, Elina Svitolina will play in Melbourne and three Ukrainian teenagers will also start: Nikita Belozertsev, Polina Sklyar, Antonina Sushkova, Sofia Belinskaya.
Svitolina’s fight. Match schedule of Ukrainians at the Aus Open on January 25
Australian Open 2026. Singles, 1/8 final
Rod Laver Arena. 2nd start of the night session (cannot be before 12:00)
Elina Svitolina [12] – Mirra Andreeva [8]
Australian Open 2026. Juniors. Singles, 1/32 final
Court No. 14. 1. Launch (cannot be before 01:00)
Nikita Belozertsev [6] – Aaro Gabet [Q]
Court No. 8. 3. Launch (cannot be before 04:00)
Antonina Sushkova – Zhang Qian Wei
Court No. 12. 3. Launch (cannot be before 04:00)
Polina Sklyar [Q] – Teresa Germanova
Court No. 6. 5. Launch (Cannot be before 07:00)
Sofia Belinskaya – Emily Chen [WC]
Australian Open 2026. Juniors. Doubles, 1/32 final
Court No. 14. 5. Launch (Cannot be before 07:00)
Nikita Belozertsev / Jamie Mackenzie- Ymerali İbrahimi / Cooper Pouch [WC]
Court No. 14. 6. Launch (cannot be before 08:30)
Polina Sklyar / Aishi Das- Mariella Tamm / Zhang Rui’en [6]
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