Australian Open 2022: Daniil Medvedev beats Felix Auger-Aliassime to set up Stefanos Tsitsipas match.
Title favourite Daniil Medvedev saved a match point before producing a stunning comeback against Felix Auger-Aliassime to set up an 2022 Australian Open semi-final against Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Second seed Medvedev eventually won 6-7 (4-7) 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 6-4, becoming the first player to fight back from two sets down in Melbourne this year.
Fourth seed Tsitsipas earned a dominant straight-set win over Jannik Sinner.
The 23-year-old, beaten by Medvedev in last year's semis, won 6-3 6-4 6-2.
Now Tsitsipas has the opportunity to avenge that defeat against the Russian and reach his first Australian Open final.
Medvedev, 25, is aiming to go one step further than last year when he lost the final to Serbia's Novak Djokovic.
In his Fifth set, ha started with Another huge first serve saved Medvedev again and, serving for the match, the Russian saved two more break points before finally sealing victory when Auger-Aliassime hit long.
Medvedev raised his arms to the air while running backwards to the net, having clinched a memorable win after four hours 42 minutes at almost 12:30am local time.
Earlier:
Greece's Tsitsipas had earlier dominated Italian 11th seed Sinner to reach the Melbourne semi-finals for the third time.
Sinner, 20, failed to earn a break point in the match.
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