Vaganova academy, School in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Melbourne, Feb 19 Russia's Daniil Medvedev admitted that he won't be under too much pressure in the Australian Open final against Novak Djokovic who has never lost a summit clash in Melbourne.Medvedev reached his first Australian Open final on Friday after beating Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 and will be facing Djokovic in the final.Djokovic has reached the Australian Open final eight times in his career and never lost. A win on Sunday will help the Serb get within two wins of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's record of 20 Grand Slam titles."I don't have a lot of pressure because Novak has never lost here in the final. He has all the pressure to get to Roger Federer and Rafa (in the all-time record of 20 men's titles)," said Medvedev in the on-court interview after his semi-final match against Tsitsipas."I hope I will get out there and show my best tennis. As we have seen, I can win against the best names if I play well. He has more experience but more things to lose than me."Medvedev has prior experience of facing one of the "big three" in a Grand Slam final, having lost to Nadal in the 2019 US Open."I took a lot of experience (from the US Open final against Nadal). It was my first Grand Slam final against one of the greatest and on Sunday I will face one of the other greatest," he said.The 25-year-old Russian was clinical on Friday except in the third game when Tsitsipas threatened to stage a comeback from two sets to love down just as he did in his quarter-final match against Nadal."I saw that as soon as I was moving him around the court, it was not easy for him. As soon as I saw it in the first set, that became my strategy straight away," said Medvedev.He admitted that the slip-ups in the last set was due to the occasion getting to him. "I got a little bit scared and tight because it's a semifinal of a Slam," said Medvedev.( With inputs from IANS )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Vaganova AcademyFOLLOW

Vaganova academy, Latest News

The first visit abroad of Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla this year to Russia reaffirms the importance that India attaches to the special and privileged strategic partnership with Moscow, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursd ...

Moscow, Feb 24 Russia registered 11,749 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily increase since ... ...

Indian women's football team head coach Maymol Rocky stayed positive despite a loss against Russia in Alanya, Turkey on Saturday stating that the whole team will gain a lot of experience from such matches. ...

Moscow, Feb 21 Russia has confirmed the first case of human infection with the avian influenza A(H5N8) virus ... ...

Scientists from Russia's research center Vector have confirmed the first case of human infection with the H5N8 strain of ... ...

Moscow, Feb 20 Russia registered 12,953 more Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, slightly down from 13,433 ... ...

Russia on Saturday approved a third coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV, ... ...

Melbourne, Feb 19 Russia's Daniil Medvedev admitted that he won't be under too much pressure in the Australian ... ...