{"id":17089,"date":"2024-01-24T05:29:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T10:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/daniil-medvedev-takes-out-hubert-hurkacz-back-in-australian-open-semifinals\/24\/01\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T05:29:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T10:29:52","slug":"daniil-medvedev-takes-out-hubert-hurkacz-back-in-australian-open-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/daniil-medvedev-takes-out-hubert-hurkacz-back-in-australian-open-semifinals\/24\/01\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev takes out Hubert Hurkacz, back in Australian Open semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p>MELBOURNE, Australia &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daniil Medvedev<\/a> outlasted ninth-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hubert Hurkacz<\/a> 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Australian Open<\/a> for the third time in four years.<\/p>\n<p>In a grueling four-hour match containing numerous rallies of 20-plus shots, Medvedev held off a comeback attempt from Hurkacz to advance.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev will meet either Wimbledon champion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> or Olympic gold medalist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alexander Zverev<\/a>, who were playing later Wednesday, for a place in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev, who won the 2021 US Open and is a two-time finalist in Australia, appeared on course for a more straightforward victory when he led 4-2 in the fourth set, but Hurkacz raised his game to take it to a decider.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Medvedev took the decisive break in the seventh game of the fifth and held on for victory, capped with a drop shot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so destroyed right now,&#8221; Medvedev, his hands clasped behind his head, said in his on-court interview. &#8220;I was feeling very tough physically in the send set already.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The No. 3-ranked Medvedev has had a tough run in Melbourne, including a nearly 4\u00bd-hour, five-set second-round match that finished close to 4 a.m., when he admitted he was already thinking about the flight home.<\/p>\n<p>The trip home entered his mind again against Hurkacz, when Medvedev resolved to throw out the game plan and do whatever he could to turn things around.<\/p>\n<p>That included reverting to a risky serve-volley strategy on some points, and standing up near the baseline to receive serves &#8212; much closer than he usually does owing to his usual deep positioning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39375282\/daniil-medvedev-takes-hubert-hurkacz-back-australian-open-semifinals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MELBOURNE, Australia &mdash; 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