MELBOURNE (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev will battle Felix Auger-Aliassime for a spot in the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday as he appears to be like to capitalise on the absence of world primary Novak Djokovic and win his second Grand Slam title.
Medvedev, runner-up to Djokovic final 12 months in Melbourne, beat Auger-Aliassime in the semi-finals of each final 12 months’s U.S. Open and this month’s ATP Cup, however was cautious forward of his fourth profession assembly with the Canadian.
“Last two (matches) I managed to have the sting on him, however he is an outstanding participant,” stated world quantity two Medvedev, who has gained their three earlier conferences.
“It’s the later levels of the most important tournaments in the world,” he added, referring to the pair’s earlier conferences. “I believe it signifies that we’re doing a reasonably good job in our careers.”
Victory might ship Medvedev by to a repeat of final 12 months’s semi-final with world quantity 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, who should overcome eleventh seed Jannik Sinner to maintain his quest for a maiden Grand Slam title on observe.
Former French Open champion Iga Swiatek meets unseeded Estonian Kaia Kanepi, who beat second seed Aryna Sabalenka in the final 16, whereas Alize Cornet performs her maiden Grand Slam quarter-final in opposition to Danielle Collins.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
