Daniil Medvedev he is not a person who practices verbal continence. You may like it more or less, but the truth is that the Russian does not shut up when something bothers him. The world number 2 lived through hell last Thursday in his match against the Australian Nick Kyrgios, which is certainly not an example of moderation either, and ended up ‘splitting’ the public in the interview after the duel at the foot of the track.
“When you are whistled between the first and the second service, with a ‘break’ point against, you just have to be calm to win. Those who have done this have a low intellectual level“, solt.
If you hadn’t given me your energy with the boos, I would have lost the game
All that happened in a Rod Laver Arena on fire that wanted to carry the local idol away, so there was some expectation about how the stands would react in his next match against the Dutch Botic Van De Zandschulp, to which I ended up defeating with great ease (6-4, 6-4 and 6-2).
So were the cries of “Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!” that outraged Medvedev in his match against Kyrgios
In a somewhat depopulated Margaret Court Arena, the whistles gave way to applause and Medvedev thanked him: “Every good relationship has its ups and downs, so I think it’s good, it’s entertaining, and it’s real., there is an ongoing relationship. I’ll put it this way, it’s easier to play a guy from the Netherlands than an Australian guy in Melbourne.”
Beating Spain at home, in Madrid, has been the best of these two weeks
The Russian will be measured in eighths to the American Maxime Cressy, which spared the US Open winner another bad gulp by defeating the Australian Chris O’Connell in their third round match.
Daniil Medvedev: “The best thing about this Davis? Beating Spain in Madrid”
In any case, Medvedev seems to subscribe to controversy every time his mouth ‘warms up’ in the interviews carried out by the players at the foot of the track. Because what happened the other day before Kyrgios was by no means an exception.
The memory of the US Open and Madrid
For the record, his ‘message’ to the public that le pit during a third round match against Feliciano López at the 2019 US Open.
“Thanks to the stands because if you hadn’t given me your energy with the boos, I would have lost the game,” assured the Russian, who has since he had the boisterous crowd of the New York tournament against him.
Medvedev’s trolling of the US Open public after beating Feliciano
Medvedev later signed a kind of truce with the spectators at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, but in the 2021 final against Novak Djokovic He had to endure a clearly hostile environment again, although in this case it is fair to recognize that it was due more to the desire of the stands to see the Serbian win all four Grand Slams in the same year.
Those who have booed me between serve and serve have a low intellectual level
The Russian’s penultimate clash with the public occurred precisely in Madrid during the last Davis Cup, after defeating the German Jan-Lennard Struff in their semifinal match.
Medvedev did not like the whistles against him and did not hesitate to put his finger on it: “Beating Spain at home, in Madrid, has been the best of these two weeks. We were all very happy in the locker room.”
That day, the favorite for the title in Australia wanted to vindicate his behavior: “It is said that there are no players with character but I have it. What happens is that people expect us all to behave like Federer and Nadal and if we don’t do it that way, it’s already wrong”.
