Medvedev and Alcaraz will be meeting in a rematch of the 2023 edition on Monday. Last year, Medvedev suffered a straight-set 6-3, 6-2 loss to the rising Spanish star.
The announcement of was Laureus World Sports Awards made on Wednesday by Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, the Mayor of Madrid, and Isabel Diaz Ayuso, President of the Madrid Region, along with Laureus Academy Members Raul Gonzalez and Alessandro Del Piero, at the Teatro Albeniz in Madrid
For the first time, the 20-year-old Alcaraz went up against a younger opponent, and he was in a vicious mood at Rod Laver Arena to make it to the Melbourne fourth round.
The Spaniard reached the third round with a 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3. 7-6(3) win over Italian playing at the Rod Laver Arena in a match that lasted for three hours and 25 minutes.
The Spaniard struggled to shake off Gasquet in an opening set but pulled through the tie-break to wrap up the match in two hours and 22 minutes inside Rod Laver Arena