“Medvedev fought like a lion throughout the Australian Open, he didn’t have enough strength for the final” – Morozova

1974 Roland Garros doubles champion Olga Morozova admired Daniil Medvedev’s performance at the Australian Open and explained why the Russian lost to Italian Jannik Sinner in the final.

Medvedev lost to Sinner in the Australian Open final with a score of 6:3, 6:3, 4:6, 4:6, 3:6. The 22-year-old Italian won a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career.

— Daniil performed at this Australian Open like a real fighter. He played a huge number of difficult and lengthy matches, in each of which he fought like a lion. It was an incredible spectacle, on which Medvedev spent a huge amount of effort. Plus, he had negligible time to recover.

Sinner, on the contrary, approached the finals, one might say, lightly. The Italian was always limited to three sets and only now played five games. So Yannick had more energy. In addition, Danya himself, it seems to me, has already entered the Guinness Book of Records: no one has performed like this before. He is definitely the hero of this tournament, and I can only congratulate him,” RT quotes Morozova as saying.

Medvedev lost in the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the fifth time in his career, the third time at the Australian Open. The 27-year-old Russian has won the US Open in 2021.