Novak Djokovic: Thankfully, nothing too serious

An intense Novak Djokovic brushed aside Daniil Medvedev on Saturday to set up an Adelaide International final against Sebastian Korda and played down injury concerns after appearing to tweak his hamstringThe top seed who has an ominous 221 record since September was breathtaking at times as he cruised past the former World No1 Russian 63 64 in preparation for the Australian Open where he is a ninetime championLinda NoskovaFirstever final for NoskovaIn the womenrsquos draw unheralded Czech teenager Linda Noskova stunned World No2 Ons Jabeur 63 16 63 with the qualifier into her firstever final against second seed Aryna SabalenkaWorld No5 Djokovic broke in both sets on Medvedev doublefaults before lifting his intensity to storm home But he had a scare in the first set clutching his left hamstring as he attempted to reach for a Medvedev crosscourt forehand He continued but then took a medical timeout ldquoThankfully nothing too serious if it was I wouldnrsquot be able to continuerdquo he saidAlso ReadNovak Djokovic says no hard feelings over Australian deportationldquoI just tried with some antiinflammatories and it kind of settled in after a few games I was just trying to keep the momentum going and donrsquot allow him to break my serve The longer the match went my hamstring was warmer I guess and bothering me less Hopefully for tomorrow it will be all finerdquo he addedUnseeded Korda son of former World No2 Petr was in charge 76 75 10 of his match when Japanrsquos Yoshihito Nishioka called for a medical timeout for treatment in his upper right leg before pulling out of the matchDaniil Medvedev and Ons JabeurConfident KordaldquoVery excited for the way Irsquom playing and a lot of confidence leading into the big one finalrdquo said Korda 22 who won his first and only title on clay in Parma in 2021 while making two finals last year ldquoExcited to play either one Djokovic or Medvedev Itrsquos always a great thing to learn from different kinds of players ldquoItrsquos going to be a great learning experience whatever the outcome and you know Irsquom going to go for the winrdquoNoskova 18 had already upset twotime Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka en route to the semis and carried that into her clash with Jabeur in only her sixth tourlevel event ldquoI donrsquot think either of us played 100 percent and Irsquom glad I got that last point to win just really glad to play like thisrdquo said the World No102 ldquoIrsquom just going for it 100 percent all the time just trying to push throughrdquo Jabeur had treatment on a lower back problem at 25 in the first set but she bounced back to easily take the second before struggling in the third Sabalenka surged into the final by crushing Romanian veteran IrinaCamelia Begu 63 62This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever