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Patna : Reigning US Open champion & 2nd seed Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia, beat 4th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 23, Greece, in four-sets in men’s singles semi-final of Australian Open (AO) 2022 at Melbourne Park, Australia, on January 28, 2022, to set up a final match against 6th seed Rafael Nadal, 35, Spain, on January 30, 2022. Medvedev, the winner of 13 career titles, has reached AO final for the second successive year. Nadal, the 2009 champion, has reached AO final for the 6th time in his career
World No 2 Medvedev beat Tsitspas 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, in semi-final. Tsitsipas was playing his third AO semi-final. The Russian won 4 break points during the match to 2 by the Greek. Medvedev, in all, won 123points during the match to 97 points by Tsitsipas. The Russian won 41 receiving points to 18 by 2021 French Open finalist Tsitsipas. THe Russian won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by the Gree, the winner of 7 career titles.
Medvedev’s winning percentage both on his first and second serve ( 86% & 84 % was much superior to Tsitsipas’ ( 67% & 64%). The Russian also fired 13 Aces during the match to 5 by the Greek. Medvedev committed 4 double faults to 1 by the Greek.
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( Rafael Nadal)