Daniil Medvedev: Tim Henman in awe of 'resilient' Russian after he beats Felix Auger-Aliassime at Australian Open

Tim Henman praised Daniil Medvedev’s “resilience” after he fought back from two sets down to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime and make the Australian Open semi-finals. The world No. 2 and title favourite looked to be on the ropes after falling behind against an inspired Auger-Aliassime.

Ad/> But he showed some fantastic defence to stay in the match and then raised his level as the contest went into the fourth and fifth hours. Australian Open'What would Novak do?' – Medvedev credits Djokovic for two-set comeback2 HOURS AGO Medvedev said he drew inspiration from Novak Djokovic to come out on top, and former British No. 1 Henman was impressed with what he saw from the Russian, who is bidding to win his second Grand Slam title.

“An incredible performance,” Henman said in the Eurosport Cube. “The resilience from Medvedev to keep fighting… he will need to recover well for the semi-finals [against Stefanos Tsitsipas] but he is still the man to beat. “Auger-Aliassime was ahead in so many categories; he served more aces, fewer double faults, had the better first-serve percentage, hit more winners, but the important statistic was break-point conversions and Medvedev was the one that was able to take his chances.

Medvedev rallies from two sets down to beat Auger-Aliassime Medvedev fumes at 'idiot' screen operator “It’s those very fine details that make the difference in such a close match.” Auger-Aliassime converted just two of 11 break points while Medvedev took three of five. Former world No. 7 Barbara Schett thinks one of the key factors in the match was the roof closing due to rain at the start of the third-set tiebreak.