Mats Wilander says the Australian Open ultimate between Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal seems to be too near name, however the very best two gamers within the event are contesting it.
Rafael Nadal can change into the primary male to win 21 majors if he wins, whereas Daniil Medvedev might be world primary for the primary time if he can come out on prime.
It’s going to make for an interesting ultimate, however one that appears nearly not possible to foretell.
Talking within the Eurosport Dice, Wilander stated: “The 2 finest gamers of the event have reached the ultimate.
“I didn’t suppose Rafa Nadal was going to be one of many two finest gamers to succeed in the ultimate – Daniil was anticipated, with Zverev not enjoying at his finest and Novak out a gap emerged.
“Sure, the 2 finest gamers within the first six matches, that’s for positive.”
Past that, although, Wilander is reluctant to make any predictions given how tight it seems to be on paper.
“I’m not too positive how Sunday’s match will play out. It will likely be an absolute monster marathon and bodily match the place each gamers are going to determine a technique to get out of the any holes they’ll fall into.
“The query might be who falls into the outlet when the match reaches the fourth hour.
“I can not say who I feel goes to win as a result of I don’t know.
“I can see how Medvedev, it’s at evening, the ball doesn’t bounce as excessive, he can stand in his backhand nook and play towards Nadal’s forehand and never get damage that badly and he will get extra free factors on serve than Rafa.
“These factors could be sufficient for him to recover from the end line.
“I can even see one other situation the place Rafa is simply scratching the floor of what he can truly do on a tennis court docket.
“It’s very doable he can come out and play like he did in these first two units (towards Matteo Berrettini within the semi-finals) then I don’t know if Medvedev can hold with him.”
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