Daniil Medvedev admitted he asked himself ‘what would Novak Djokovic do?’ after going two sets down to Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Australian Open quarter-final. He saved a match point en route to a 6-7(3) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-5 6-4 victory on Wednesday.
Medvedev narrowly survived a shock exit in the Australian Open quarter-final after going two-sets-down to Auger-Aliassime and saving a match point in the fourth set.
The Russian compelted a five set comeback for just the second time in his career as he booked a spot in Friday’s semi-final against Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The turning point in the match came during the third set tiebreak, when play was stopped for the roof to be closed as rain fell with Medvedev a 2-1 minibreak up.
And he reeled off five of the next six points to force a fourth set, eventually coming through in five sets after four hours and 42 minutes.
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