Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Daniil Medvedev
28th January from 0400hrs
Tennis – Australia – AO 2022
Pick Medvedev to win
Bookmaker Ladbrokes
Odds: 2/5 odds recorded 19:32 GMT on 26th January 2022
Tournament favourite Daniil Medvedev had to save a match point in his Quarter Final fixture to get through.
But the Russian pulled things out and now sets up a heavyweight clash with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final four.
This should be something special with the last four meetings having been evenly split between the pair.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas Preview – Can Greek star triumph?
Stefanos Tsitipas put in a commanding Quarter-Final display at the Australian Open.
He lined up against Jannik Sinner and powered his way to a 3-0 victory.
That was the second match of the tournament for Tsitsipas with no set dropped.
In the match outright for Friday’s Semi-Final, Tsitsipas is the 2/1 underdog * (odds recorded 19:32 GMT on 26th January 2022 at Ladbrokes).
He is, after all, facing the top seed and the tournament outright favourite in the form of Daniil Medvedev.
This has been a big effort from the Greek star as he arrived at Melbourne having won only one of his previous five matches on the ATP.
But he has made a habit of putting together deep runs in Melbourne.
This is the third time in five appearances at the Australian Open that Tsitsipas has landed in the semi-final.
Can he reach his first Final at the event?
Tsitsipas did make a breakthrough last year in reaching his first Grand Slam Final.
That happened at the French Open, but Novak Djokovic just got the better of him.
Tsitsipas has met Daniil Medvedev eight times before and trails the head to head.
But he has won two of the last four meetings with the Russian and this is likely to go beyond three sets.
Daniil Medvedev Preview – Russian survives a scare
For the first time at this year’s Australian Open, top seed Daniil Medvedev found himself on the ropes.
He faced a match point against young Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Medvedev fended off the point and made the most of that lifeline to turn around a dramatic match.
The Russian had been 2-0 down in the match.
In pulling out the victory he became the first player in the men’s draw this year to fight back from 2-0 down.
Medvedev is the 2/5 favourite in the match outright for tennis betting* (odds recorded 19:32 GMT on 26th January 2022 at Ladbrokes).
In this Australian Open run, Medvedev had dropped just one set before hitting that tough Quarter Final match.
At last year’s Australian Open Medvedev faced Stetafos Tistsipas and powered his way onto a 3-0 win.
That’s two wins from three for Medvedev in Grand Slam meetings with the Greek.
The loss was at last year’s French Open.
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Daniil Medvedev has cut a bit of a stressed and grumpy figure at this year’s Australian Open.
But he is easily one of the best in the world and confirmed that with his Grand Slam title breakthrough at the US Open last year.
He also reached the Final of last year’s Australian Open, losing to Djokovic.
Medvedev was also the runner-up at the ATP Finals at the end of last season.
Surprisingly none of the last four meetings between him and Tsitsipas (W2 L2) has seen the victorious player drop a set.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Daniil Medvedev Betting Advice
We are going against the trend of wins with no dropped set when these two meet up once again.
That’s because Tistsipas was in commanding form in his Quarter Final match against Sinner.
Granted this is a lot, lot tougher and the Greek likely will be second best.
But he should be confident and the Medvedev 3-1 set betting option is the main pick at 3/1* (odds recorded 19:32 GMT on 26th January 2022 at Ladbrokes).
Key Facts – Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Daniil Medvedev Betting Tip
- Stefanos Tsitsipas is W2 L6 against Medvedev
- Stefanos Tsitsipas won his Quarter Final 3-0 against Jannik Sinner
- Daniil Medvedev was last year’s AO runner-up
Medvedev is the one to beat at the moment and has proven himself on the semi-final stage of Slams more so than Tsitsipas has.
The Russian has the head-to-head lead over the Greek and has won both previous Grand Slam meetings on the hard courts.
He can make it happen for a third time on Friday. But as Tsitsipas is going to have the fresher legs, the Greek can get a set on the board.
The best betting odds for Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Daniil Medvedev
Stefanos Tsitsipas to win: 2/1 at Bet365
Daniil Medvedev to win: 2/5 at Bet365
