Tennis
Medvedev met a historic victory on his knees. And wrote on the camera one word
Photo: © REUTERS / Guglielmo Mangiapane
Daniil brilliantly dealt with Holger Rune and won the title on clay for the first time in his career.
Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev was the first racket of the world and won the Grand Slam tournament, but he had not been able to take trophies on clay before. In Rome, the ex-first racket of the world finally won a historic victory, after which he confessed his love to what he had literally hated before.
Medvedev met his incredible success by kneeling down.
Moving towards the final
At the Italian Open in men’s singles, Rafael Nadal often shone, but this time the “King of the Clay” decided to skip the tournament. This increased the chances of other contenders winning the trophy, including last year’s Masters winner Serbian Novak Djokovic, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Medvedev, who received the third seed.
And yet, for Medvedev, who had not previously taken trophies on clay, this coverage was always not very convenient, and therefore, for the time being, his ability to get to victory was questioned by many. But other potential favorites gradually fell out of the race, and our tennis player stubbornly continued to move towards the final, showing an impressive game in almost every match.
Karen Khachanov was knocked out in the second round, Alcaraz stumbled in the third round, Andrey Rublev, Alexander Zverev and Yanik Sinner ended their journey in the fourth. But Medvedev was still in business. The quarter-final was the final stop for Novak Djokovic, the semi-final for Kasper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas. And our tennis player, having dealt with the Greek, found himself in the final, where the Dane Holger Rune was waiting for him.
“I didn’t think I’d win”
The bookmakers chose Rune as the favorite, even though he had only the seventh seed. Daniil lost only one set before the final, knocked out strong competitors Zverev and Tsitsipas. However, the Dane was also good – after all, it was he who managed to stop Djokovic, and in a dispute with Ruud, he showed the will to win. In addition, one should not discount the fact that this season the Russian has already lost to this opponent.
On the eve of the decisive match, Medvedev himself paid tribute to Holger, noting that the Dane was one of the strongest on clay, but still promised to show his best tennis. The meeting started later than the appointed time, the reason for that is the rain that tired the local fans. But the elements did not particularly affect the mood of the participants, both tried not to give each other an advantage. At the very beginning, perhaps, Rune acted a little more successfully, but in the end of the set, Danya changed and took the victory 7:5.
The beginning of the second game of the Russian again did not work out – he failed his pitch. Quite quickly equalizing the score, Daniil again began to collect all sorts of mistakes. The third set was becoming a very real prospect, but Medvedev felt that it was not worth delaying. The Russian again took the ending, took the game with exactly the same score of 7:5 and finished his way to the trophy on his knees! Yes, that’s how our tennis player decided to celebrate his triumph, touching for a moment with the previously unloved surface. After the athlete wrote the word “ground” on the camera and drew a heart next to it.
“I always want to believe in myself and I always want to win the biggest tournaments in the world. At the same time, I didn’t think I would win a clay tournament in my career because I usually hated them. I didn’t feel good playing on clay. Now I feel amazing. It was a tough match, we were both nervous. I am glad that I was able to add at the end of the first set, ”the ATP website quotes Medvedev as saying.
Well, now there is a victory in the clay tournament, and at the same time Daniil managed to win the sixth Masters and take the 20th trophy in his career. In addition, Medvedev will become the second racket of the world and can reasonably consider himself one of the main contenders for victory at Roland Garros.
Source: Sportbox
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A little-known athlete won the biggest victory of her career.
Oksana Selekhmetyeva was not one of the favorites at the Australian Open, but continues to compete in Melbourne, despite her modest rating. Even the titled Paula Badosa could not stop the Russian woman from getting wild.
“Focused on the negative”
Selekhmetyeva belongs to the type of athletes whose transition from talented juniors to adult tennis was slightly delayed. Oksana has won junior Grand Slam tournaments, but only made her top 100 debut at the end of last season at the age of 22. Progress was boosted by two WTA 125 titles won in September and October.
The Russian turned 23 in January but has never made it past the first round at a Grand Slam tournament. This time, the high rating helped Oksana save energy, freeing her from participating in the qualifications. Previously, preliminary matches often became a stumbling block for the tennis player.
The victory over Ella Seidel in the first round of the Melbourne tournament could already be considered a success. Not much was expected from the confrontation with the experienced Paula Badosa. At the peak of her career, the Spaniard ranked second in the WTA rankings, and was seeded 25th at the Australian Open. Last season she reached the semi-finals and now she was also determined to achieve a high result, despite a difficult return from injury.
— I didn’t enjoy the game and was too focused on the results and negativity. This year, one of my goals is to change that,” Badosa wrote on social media.
Biggest career win
Oksana, despite a wounded hip, started the match strongly against a more experienced opponent. She took four games in a row, truly discouraging the Spaniard. But Paula managed to return to the fight and equalized the score – 4:4. It seemed that the former second racket of the world was about to put the finishing touches on Selekhmetyeva, but our tennis player pulled herself together in time and made an important break.
In the tenth game, Oksana served for the set, but her mistakes led to Paula being close to a reverse break – 15:40. However, the Russian woman, with incredible character, managed to defend her serve and take the set – 6:4. Badosa could only grab his head.
The start of the second game turned out to be smoother, but in the third game Oksana made a break again. After this, she began to dictate the course of the meeting more and more confidently. Badosa also helped our athlete, regularly making unforced errors. This led to the fact that by the eighth game the Spaniard was on the verge of defeat, losing with a score of 2:5.
In the end, Paula stoically resisted defeat, reducing the gap to a minimum. But the Russian tennis player was more worthy of the victory, taking the second game too – 6:4.
Badosa became the first tennis player from the top 30 in the world rankings to beat Selekhmetyeva. Thanks to reaching the third round, Oksana has already risen to 75th position in the live ranking. In the next round, an even more severe test awaits her in the person of the sixth racket of the world, American Jessica Pegula.
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Russians Irina Khromacheva and Alexandra Panova failed to reach the second round of the Australian Open in women’s doubles.
At the start of the competition they lost to the duo Eri Hozumi/Wu Fangxian (Japan/Taiwan) with a score of 1:6, 6:4, 4:6. The match lasted 2 hours 9 minutes.
In the second round, Hozumi and Fangxian will play with the pair Maria Kozyreva/Sabrina Santamaria (Russia/USA)
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. Doubles. First round
Eri Hozumi/Wu Fangxian (Japan/Taiwan) – Irina Khromacheva/Alexandra Panova (both Russia, 11) – 6:1, 4:6, 6:4.
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Russian Vera Zvonareva and Austrian Lukas Midler failed to reach the second round of the Australian Open in mixed doubles.
At the start of the competition, they lost to the Australian duo Olivia Gadecki/John Pearce with a score of 3:6, 2:6. The match lasted 56 minutes.
In the second round, Gadecki and Pierce will play with the winner of the quartet Sara Errani/Andrea Vavassori (both Italy, 1) – Laura Siegemund/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Germany, France).
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Mixed doubles. First round
Olivia Gadecki/John Pierce (both Australia) – Vera Zvonareva/Lucas Midler (Russia, Austria) – 6:3, 6:2.
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