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Tennis: Medvedev hopes third time charmed in Grand Slam finals

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Jim Slater, Agence France-Presse

<p>Daniil Medvedev is getting tired of losing Grand Slam finals after dropping a pair and he&#x27;s hoping the third time is charmed when he plays in Sunday&#x27;s US Open final.</p><p>The 25-year-old Russian advanced to his second final on the New York hardcourts in three years on Friday by defeating Canadian 12th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-5, 6-2.</p><p>Medvedev dropped the 2019 US Open final to Rafael Nadal and lost February&#x27;s Australian Open final to world number one Novak Djokovic -- the man he&#x27;ll face on Sunday.</p><p>&quot;The more you lose something, the more you want to win it, the more you want to gain it and take it,&quot; Medvedev said.</p><p>&quot;I lost two finals. I want to win the third one. You never know what&#x27;s going to happen, but I&#x27;m going to try more than I did the first two times.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/11/21/its-djokovic-vs-medvedev-in-us-open-final">Tennis: Djokovic to play for Grand Slam against Medvedev in US Open final</a></li></ul><p>Medvedev has dropped only one set in the Flushing Meadows fortnight, saving him valuable energy for the grind to come against Djokovic, who is chasing the first calendar-year Grand Slam since Rod Laver won all four majors in 1952.</p><p>&quot;It was definitely smooth,&quot; Medvedev said. &quot;You know how Grand Slams are: even if you get to the final without losing a set, all the matches going to be tough in their own way.</p><p>&quot;There were some tight moments. There were some tight battles. It&#x27;s never easy, but I&#x27;m happy that I managed to save a lot of physical abilities, physical power, and mental power.</p><p>&quot;For sure, I don&#x27;t think anybody is capable of winning Slam after playing first three rounds five sets. I doubt this ever happened. So this is important. I&#x27;m really happy I managed to make it kind of fast.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/11/21/tennis-top-seed-medvedev-wins-in-toronto">Tennis: Foot injury fells Nadal as top seed Medvedev wins in Toronto</a></li></ul><p>Medvedev has spent 11 hours and 51 minutes on court in his six triumphs.</p><p>It&#x27;s a far different feeling from 2019, when he was simply happy to be in his first Slam.</p><p>&quot;For me experience is a key,&quot; Medvedev said. &quot;First one, playing against Rafa, I was kind of the underdog. I was already happy being in the final. It was first great breakthrough.</p><p>&quot;Everything was a positive, which helped me to play good. I was not feeling like it&#x27;s a must to win.&quot;</p><p>Medvedev also had odd situations in that run.</p><p>&quot;It made it crazy, this 2019,&quot; he said. &quot;I was cramping, couldn&#x27;t almost walk in my second-round match. I managed to win it.</p><p>&quot;There were some crazy matches, some crazy turnarounds. I remember playing against (Swiss Stan) Wawrinka, I tore my quadriceps. We did an echo after, and there was a one-centimeter tear. I managed to win the match. I had two days off, so I managed to heal it. It was unbelievable stories all around.</p><p>&quot;This year I didn&#x27;t have the stories, and that&#x27;s a good thing. I have the experience of two finals of Slams that can help me.</p><p>&quot;The only thing I can say is all what I have left, I&#x27;m going to throw it out on Sunday.&quot;</p><div><strong>js/bb</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iqqz_pg6AZc?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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Tennis: Medvedev hopes third time charmed in Grand Slam finals

Jim Slater,

Agence France-Presse

Published Sep 11, 2021 07:38 PM PHT

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