Daniil Medvedev the Mimic, Danielle Collins climbs high, Angella Okutoyi makes history - Australian Open Diary

Medvedev the copycat? There is so much to unpack from Daniil Medvedev’s four-hour 42-minute comeback victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime in Wednesday’s quarter-final, but perhaps one of the oddest parts of that encounter was the Russian mimicking his opponent’s grunt for the majority of the match. Ad/> It wasn’t clear if Medvedev was trolling Auger-Aliassime, or was trying to get into his head, but the world No.2 later explained he has a habit of subconsciously mimicking those around him.

Australian Open'It's great that players open up' — Collins praised by Lim for 'brave' endometriosis admissionAN HOUR AGO “To be honest, in life, I think that's my character, like when I talk to a person a lot, so when I have a best friend or wife, they get nervous because I start to be like them in many things and I do it not on purpose,” said Medvedev. “That's just how I am.

If I have a new friend and I'll talk to him a lot, I'll start to do some phrases like him. I'll start to sometimes act like him and he's going to be like, ‘What the hell, man? Why you doing that?’ “I think definitely I didn't do this on purpose, like not zero percent.

I think it's just, yeah, he was putting a lot of intensity in his grunt, and when I started to like really fight for my life, I was, like, ‘I'm going to grunt also’. I didn't think about this, but now when I rethink, it's true that some points I was like after the point, ‘Did I just grunt kind of like him?’” He never fails to amuse! Fearless Collins ready for semis Danielle Collins has been a cult favourite for years thanks to her competitive nature and fiery attitude on court.