Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev – Preview, Prediction and Betting Tips 26/01/2024

Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev will face each other this Friday morning, January 26, 2024, starting at 5 am, in the semifinal stage of the Grand Slam of the Australian Open. The match will be played at the Rod Laver Arena, in the city of Melbourne, Australia.

Daniil Medvedev

With widespread favoritism on betting sites, Daniil Medvedev is in third place in the world rankings and arrives motivated to reach the grand final of the tournament, but he does not expect to have an easy time in this decisive duel.

His most recent match took place last Wednesday morning, when he faced the Polish Hubert Hurkacz in a great 4-hour battle.

The match ended with Daniil Medvedev’s victory by 3 sets to 2, with scores of 7/6 2/6 6/3 5/7 and 6/4. The result served to fill the Russian with confidence, but to reach the grand final he will have to overcome another opponent in great form.

Owner of 20 ATP singles titles, Medvedev had an exciting performance throughout this edition of the Australian Open and wants to maintain his unbeaten record this season.

Coming from 5 consecutive victories, the Russian showed all his quality by overcoming Taylor Fritz, Terence Atmane, Emil Ruusuvuori, Hubert Hurkacz, Nuno Borges and also Félix Auger-Aliessima to get here.

Alexander Zverev

On the other side is German Alexander Zverev, who occupies sixth place in the ranking and knows his opponent very well, considering that the two have faced each other six times in 2023.

However, the record is not at all favorable to the German, who left the court defeated in five of the six matches played against Medvedev last year.

However, Zverev showed all his quality by eliminating the popular Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals, winning by 3 sets to 1 to knock down number 2 in the ranking and establish himself as a strong candidate for the trophy.

At the time, Zverev dominated the first two sets very well, but saw his opponent survive in the third, however, he dominated again in the fourth set to close the match with scores of 6/1 6/3 6/7 and 6/4 .

His career in this edition of the Australian Open includes victories against Dominik Koepfer, Lukas Klein, Alex Michelsen, Cameron Norrie and also Carlos Alcaraz, showing all the technical quality and physical vigor of the German in this period.

However, the technical fit between them tends to favor Daniil Medvedev, who tends to do better on hard court and has a recent record of extensive dominance over Zverev.

Conclusion:

Furthermore, despite previous favoritism on betting sites, I consider the odds for Daniil Medvedev’s victory to be still quite attractive, this being an excellent opportunity to bet on this semi-final of the Australian Open, in a confrontation that promises strong emotions to define the finalist who will face the winner of Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner.