For Daniil Medvedev, the days pass and look alike at Indian Wells. On Tuesday, March 14, the Russian went up against Alexander Zverev for the 16th round of the California tournament. A fiercely contested match in which world number 6 won in three sets (6-7, 7-6, 7-5). Despite everything, this victory was not easy for the 27-year-old player, who, like his previous match against Ilya Ivashka, lamented on the surface of the tennis court: “It’s embarrassing to play on this field“, threw Daniil Medvedev to the referee after losing the first set.Playing here should be banned. Shame on this sport, this damn floor. And they call it hard courts. What a shame to call this court a hard court!“
Exasperated, Daniil Medvedev continued to swear at the official: “I’m going to the bathroom, but I don’t care if you give me a time violation warning. I’ll be slow until this short. I am not bothered. Give me five warnings for violating the playing time, if they let us play on such courts then I can do whatever I want.“Worse still, the Russian injured himself by spraining his ankle in the second set. Despite the pain, the player managed to win.”I thought that when I sprained my ankle, I could stand up without any problems. Then the pain began to grow very quickly. I thought it wasn’t a good sign“, Medvedev said at a post-match press conference.”I felt like I didn’t break my ankle, one of the ligaments seemed to be slightly affected so I thought I couldn’t play anymore. For the first time in my life, a physiotherapist had completely tied my ankle. I decided to try it, but what surprised me was that running was much easier for me than walking. I was half limp while walking but ran smoothly.“Time will tell if Danil Medvedev will recover enough to play the quarterfinals scheduled for this Wednesday-Thursday night in Indian Wells, California against Spaniard Davidovich Fokina.It’s going to be pretty painful when the adrenaline drops, so I’ll probably take some tests to see what exactly happened and if I can keep playing.“
Daniil Medvedev doesn’t like the courts at Indian Wells pic.twitter.com/yYukhi8QZv
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Source: Programme Television
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