Daniil Medvedev vs John Millman AO 2023 Preview and Prediction

Alongside Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rinky Hijikata, there may be one other probably thrilling conflict between a house wildcard and high ten participant of Daniil Medvedev and John Millman. Millman has fallen from grace since COVID interrupted the tour however the present No. 140 does have one thing of a pedigree at slams, together with his 2018 US Open win over Roger Federer the decide of the bunch.

After falling outdoors the highest 100, Millman needed to drop to the Challenger Tour on the again finish of final yr. He returned to the principle tour to play qualifying within the two Adelaide tournaments, being profitable within the latter of the 2 in addition to choosing up a win in opposition to Albert Ramos. He received his first spherical match in opposition to Marc Andrea Huesler largely right down to an excellent job on serve, solely permitting the Swiss to interrupt as soon as throughout 5 units.

Medvedev could have gone viral for the announcement of his new brand and partnership with Lacoste however the tennis he displayed in spherical one in Melbourne as high notch. He hit 28 winners in a crushing victory in opposition to Marcos Giron, shedding simply three video games to take it 6-0 6-1 6-2. “Marcos is a tricky opponent, so to beat him with this rating within the first spherical at a Slam is nice. I’m actually proud of my stage and I’m trying ahead to the subsequent spherical.” a delighted Medvedev mentioned afterwards.

This must be pretty comfy for the Russian in opposition to an opponent on the decline with all of the lengthy rallies very a lot favouring final yr’s shedding finalist. Medvedev is not going to be outhit both so Millman will discover it laborious to achieve floor on this match save for an entire meltdown from his opponent.

Prediction – Daniil Medvedev in straight units