"My bag was full of clothes and now it's empty" jokes Medvedev about the long match against Auger-Aliassime

Daniil Medvedev saved a match point against Auger-Alaissime to win the match that almost lasted five full hours.

Medvedev did not play too well at the start but found some momentum later in the match and took advantage of the roof closing to complete the comeback. Speaking on the match, Medvedev admitted that Auger-Aliassime was playing very good while he was not:

“I was not playing my best and Felix was playing unbelievably,” Medvedev said in his on-court interview. “[He was] serving unbelievably, he was all over me. I did not really know what to do, but I told myself, I am going to make him work and fight until the last point. I managed to raise my level. When they closed the roof I felt the momentum change, that I could hit through the court better.”

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Medvedev joked about being fortunate of hitting a big serve on the match point while also alluding that he used up all his clothes for the match:

“On the match point I managed to serve well. It is funny because with my locker bag I come with lots of clothes just in case. It is full and tough to zip up, but now it is empty, so that is how this match was.”

Medvedev set up a semifinal rematch with Tsitsipas as they played last year as well. Who will come out on top this time around remains to be seen but it will be epic.