MELBOURNE, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Third seed Daniil Medvedev was forced to dig deep into his reserves to outlast Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 in an epic quarter-final on Wednesday and reach the last four of the Australian Open for third time.
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The Russian, twice a losing finalist at Melbourne Park, wenta toe-to-toe with the big Pole for almost four energy-sapping hours on Rod Laver Arena before finally setting up a clash with Carlos Alcaraz or Alexander Zverev.
Ninth seed Hurkacz, who had a winning career record against Medvedev, twice came from a set down and made the Russian work hard for every single point.
Former U.S. Open champion Medvedev grizzled and moaned his way around the court but finally secured a place in his eighth Grand Slam semi-final with the most delicate of drop shots.
"I'm so destroyed right now," said Medvedev, who played a five-set marathon into the early hours of the morning in the second round.
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