The two outsiders have vastly different grand slam experience but both face a battle to prevent a Djokovic-Alcaraz final
The dominance shared by Djokovic and Alcaraz this year is actually reflected in the third-ranked player. Daniil Medvedev has performed extremely well in his own right, ridding himself of his tough form early in the year with an incredible run in the spring. He has now reached consecutive grand slam semi-finals and in the live rankings, Medvedev is closer in points to Alcaraz than he is to the No 4 player, Holger Rune .
“I would say what makes him that difficult is just that he has every shot. He has extra power to other players,” said Medvedev. “So it’s true many players probably I would [beat] with 97%, it’s tough for them to hit the ball through me, like I’m always there, always running, always trying to get it back. He can do it just because he has this power; we see 100-mile forehand winner and stuff like this. Some players, even if we try, we cannot do it.
For Medvedev, an 11/10 performance will mean, surely, one of the best of his life. “I need to serve on the line if I need to,” he said. “ I need to put my shots on the line. I need to be there 100% of the time and be better.” Once they got down to business, Shelton largely played a brilliant match, serving his lefty bombs, producing some bold, destructive shotmaking and pairing it with variety and his athleticism.
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