SteffiGoat
Professional
Medvedev wins.
AO 2024 QF - (3.) Daniil Medvedev vs (9.) Hubert Hurkacz
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NYTennisfan
Hall of Fame
Hell of a showing by Hurkacz, he showed a lot, but Medvedev's big match experience was too much.
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
Med - two net approaches (including one on S&V where he hit a great volley) in the last game and an actually decent drop shot on match point. Lol. Who is this? Doing what he rarely does at the biggest moment. Love it.
chjtennis
G.O.A.T.
Yes, please!
InsuranceMan
Hall of Fame
Better player won, Hubi did really well honestly he showed some quality grit and definitely did his best. Med just more seasoned and tougher, simply a higher caliber player and in a slam 5th set it shows
TennisFan3
Talk Tennis Guru
No excuse now for Alcaraz to NOT make the final vs Novak. He's got Sasha and then a off form Med.
Fabresque
Legend
Beat him in their last slam semi.
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
I LOVE Med's Ted Talk lectures detailing exhaustive specifics in his post-match interviews, where other players would just give minimal or vague answers.
Bisquick
Rookie
The Med 2HBH with the hands not together- very odd looking indeed
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
Why is the ESPN crew completely obsessed with Med's return position?
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
Missed the match due to timezone. Sounds like a quality match though. Congrats to Meddy bear for the win!
Tshooter
G.O.A.T.
One bite, everyone knows the rules.
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Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
Alcaraz should be prime for some revenge on Med in the SF now.
4 hours and 3 minutes that one. Carlos should get past Zverev in a much shorter time than that!
4 hours and 3 minutes that one. Carlos should get past Zverev in a much shorter time than that!
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Aussie Darcy
Bionic Poster
I’ll cry if he wins and then I’ll come back and report you for making me see that hideous photo of ZverevYou never know lol
TennisFan3
Talk Tennis Guru
Tennis is on bro, timezone and sleep don't matter.
Fintft
G.O.A.T.
True but Hubi had the better FH and serve( except the fifth set when Danil's first serve % was amazing).
Subway Tennis
G.O.A.T.
I didn't see the Hurkacz vs Medvedev match. What was Medvedev’s level like?
Fintft
G.O.A.T.
The chicken wing FH even more so...
Fintft
G.O.A.T.
Great, but got tired since the second set. Almost died in the fourth.
Krish872007
Talk Tennis Guru
Good win from Med
We could potentially have a repeat of the Wimbledon SF line up here
We could potentially have a repeat of the Wimbledon SF line up here
Not great at all, Medvedev looks much weaker than on previous hard slams. But somehow he made it to the semis.
sortof
Professional
Pretty much the opposite of what Rublev does in QFs
Fintft
G.O.A.T.
To me it was more of the case of Hurkaz raising his game with some great touches, plus awesome weapons such as the I-I FH and serve.
Fintft
G.O.A.T.
But even the commentators, former pros, don't understand how Medvedev does it, don't blame poor Hurcazk, who now has his best result in GS in years.
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
In light of the tennis scoring system, straight stats don't always matter. It really matters WHEN certain things happen.
55 return points won to 36 service points lost. A 1.53 dominance ratio. (Though it's "only" 1.19 if you take the percentages of serve and return points.) Just watching the match, I didn't realize how lopsided those stats would be. Very clutch stuff from Med in the fifth to take this one. The 75% in-count for the decider kind of understates things – for most of it, he was 80%+ and it was only after securing the break that his serve cooled off a tad.
a10best
Legend
I actually enjoyed this match. The first set and a half I saw a lot of cat and mouse.
Med hits only to Hubies FH which was off in the 1st set and Hubie slices to Med with no pace balls to another counter puncher;
Intriguing and helpful to win league matches against those who have no real offensive shot
Did Med move further back to return serve in the later sets?
- I did notice in the warmups that Med took only two volleys. I FH and 1 BH. A sign he wasn't coming to the net very much.
Med hits only to Hubies FH which was off in the 1st set and Hubie slices to Med with no pace balls to another counter puncher;
Intriguing and helpful to win league matches against those who have no real offensive shot
Did Med move further back to return serve in the later sets?
- I did notice in the warmups that Med took only two volleys. I FH and 1 BH. A sign he wasn't coming to the net very much.
He moved back every so often, more frequently as the match wore on, but I don't remember him ever making a permanent shift to the deep return position (maybe in the fifth, I don't know, it was late and I was tired lol). There was definitely a lot of cat and mouse but to me the rallies got more interesting later in the match. In the fourth set Hubi started blasting the forehand and racing in to net. Med had to start hitting more aggressively so as not to give Hubi those opportunities and there weren't quite as many of the long grinding rallies. But whatever the exact playing dynamics were at a given time, it was fun watching both these guys really thinking and adjusting.
Djokovic_is_the_best#1
Bionic Poster
What a match! I just watch the highlights back. There was some insane cat and mouse rallies here. Meddy wore Hurkacz down in end but what a battle!
Both guys really brought a high level and the fans loved it. Congrats to both guys for a great fight
Both guys really brought a high level and the fans loved it. Congrats to both guys for a great fight
pirhaksar
Professional
Yes I was surprised with the tenacity of Hurkacz too. For a big fellow he moved pretty well and kept rallying like crazy vs Med. He seemed to be the better player overall but still lost!
I think it was Medvedev who was exhausted, but somehow he took it.
