08/09/2023 2:54hs.
The entire tennis world is going to be left without the dream final. Without seeing the game that everyone had imagined since the day the main draw of the US Open. There was a protagonist who deprived the expected duel between Novak Djokovic (2°) y Carlos Alcaraz (1st), the two best players on the circuit. And it was Daniil Medvedev (3rd), who dressed as the bad guy, showed off superlative tennis (the best since the title he won at Arthur Ashe two seasons ago) and defeated the Spaniard 7-6 (3). , 6-1, 3-6 and 6-3 in 3h18m of a real great game.
The Russian played two initial sets with a pure winning shot. It was impassable. He resisted from the back, returned every rival attack, always had an intelligent response and had surprising leg speed. And, as if that were not enough, when he took the initiative he distributed it with the talent of the best in history.
Although it seemed that the result was set after 2-0 in sets, given that the 20-year-old from Murcia had never been able to overcome such a disadvantage, Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil never gave up and fought until the end, but it was difficult for him. found cracks in the Russian’s game and, despite having managed to win the third set, he succumbed in the fourth set.
Alcaraz ran all the runs but it didn’t reach him. (AFP)
Since 2021, such a competitive version of Medvedev has not been seen. Beyond the fact that this year he achieved great triumphs and several titles, we have to dig through the trunk of memories to find a level like tonight in which the forehand ran against him with the power of the riverbed, with a firm backhand. to bench the rallies and to surprise with the parallel and with the serve to save the break points when the potatoes were burning (he raised 8/9). And so he will have the tools at his disposal to dream of victory against Nole.
Medvedev was a wall that played a great game. (AFP)
The 2021 final at the US Open is reissued
After having eliminated the defending champion, Medvedev will seek on Sunday, at 5 p.m. (ESPN 2 and Star+), to repeat the triumph of 2021. Another will play in New York against Djokovic, whom he drowned at the time of the Grand Slam. Can he win a major again?
2023-09-09 02:54:18
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