2023-05-02 15:23:45
He Mutua Madrid Open he lost in the round of 16 to his second favourite, Daniil Medvedev, one of the official “bad guys” (not in the tennis sense, of course) of this edition of the Spanish Master 1,000, although it is nothing new because it is common to see him face and challenge the public as well as his rivals in many tournaments. your compatriot Karatsev he clearly surpassed him on the track (7-6 [7/1] and 6-4) and Medvedev’s face to face with the fans made him bitter this time until leaving the game.
His thing came from the day before, from his duel with Shevhenko, when he already had it with the public of the Caja Mágica head office. This time she played on the Arantxa Sánchez Vicario court, the second most important court, which was full and waiting for one of the best tennis players in the world. Everything was more or less normal until the first set was about to end. It was the tie break and Karatsev was playing an almost perfect tiebreaker. At 3-1 up, he concocted an impossible perfect-angle cross shot for Medvedev. The ball touched the fence and the number three in the world threatened to hit it hard with the racket in the direction of the stands, but in reality it hit the air. The whistle began; the game between spectators and tennis player.
Medvedev said no with his hands and the racket, he ordered silence and at one point his challenge to the people was: “What am I going to do?” He went to the chair and spoke to the referee, Carlos Bernardes, and told him that either they shut up or he didn’t continue. The confrontation was already total and the tennis player turned with his thumb down. He also heard some shouts of support. He kept playing and suffering from Karatsev, who took the first.
It was then that the 2021 US Open champion called the supervisor to speak with him and express his complaints, calmly, yes. But the volcano had not yet gone out. When he led 2-1 in the second set, there was a powerful serve from Karatsev and Medvedev showed his doubts and the answer was a whistle, in this case completely incomprehensible. He put his finger to his mouth, ordered silence. And shortly after, after being overwhelmed by his opponent, he kicked the chair where the judge usually sits. His anger was tremendous and the public asked to be given a “warning”.
Shortly after Karatsev added the break that gave him the advantage in this second set and that he did not let go. He signed a match without a but, very serious, very calm, no nerves, supported by the serve to command in the service games and subtracting three or four incredible balls to generate the opportunities that he took advantage of. The first small row, by the way, was after one of these remains that left Medvedev without reaction time, although he tried to reach it, slipped, complained about the track and was already messed up.
Medvedev leaves Madrid in the round of 16 and with the feeling that he has to continue improving to progress on clay. He doesn’t like the surface, although he claims that he wants to win a title on it. He has a hard time moving well and explains that sometimes instead of slipping and hitting, he hits and slides and loses a few seconds. He has to finish understanding her. The next lesson will already be in Rome.
The capital of Spain is also honoring its reputation. Those who have worked with him assure that he is an intelligent man and that he has a privileged mind, but on the track he likes that challenge against everyone. He’s a “bad guy” that they don’t really hate too much and what he has with the fans is part of the show. The same whistled that they applauded him and gave him encouragement for the meeting to be extended.
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