Melbourne: Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev on Friday claimed that the 'pressure' is all on Novak Djokovic ahead of Sunday's Australian Open final with the eight-times champion.
"First of all, I like that I don't have a lot of pressure because he (Djokovic) never lost in the eight times that he was here in the final, so, it's him who has all the pressure, you know, getting to Roger (Federer) or Rafa (Nadal) in the Grand Slam. So. I just hope that I'm going to get out there, show my best tennis, as we see I can win some big names if I play well. So, that's the main part and after yeah. As I say, he has for sure more experience, but more things to lose than me."
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The number four seed is on a 20-match winning streak and booked his place in the final with stunning straight sets 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 semi-final victory over Stefano Tsitsipas at Melbourne Park on Friday.
When he was asked about his straight-set win over Tsitsipas, Medvedev said, "Definitely not easy, because, first of all, we saw the match with Rafa (Nadal) was kind of the same score in the first two sets. Third set Rafa was dominating but didn't manage to win the match. So, I got a little bit scared, I should say, and tired because it's the semi-final of a slam. I mean, for us, it's not our 50s, like for Novak (Djokovic) or Roger (Federer). So it was not easy but I'm happy that I managed to turn my game on, especially in some tight moments on my serve and really happy to be in the final."
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This is Medvedev's second Grand Slam final, having made it to the title clash at the 2019 US Open where he lost to Spain's Rafael Nadal.
