the russian Daniel Medvedev26 years old and world number 8, suffered a nightmare against the American Sebastian Korda22 years old and No. 31, sweeping the 2021 and 2022 finalists: 7-6 (6), 6-3 and 7-6 (4) in 2h.59′.
On the street, in the third round, the 2021 US Open champion and world number one in February 2022, a few days after experiencing the heroic return of Rafael Nadalwhich left him without a prize as happened in the previous edition against the Novak Djokovic.
It is true that the Muscovite based in the French Côte d’Azur has not been a machine to produce tennis and return balls since the fatal marathon for him in Melbourne, which was later followed by a month’s rest after hernia surgery. Not going to Wimbledon because of the All England Club’s ban on Russians and Belarusians didn’t go well for him either. But he reared his head before the Open reaching the ‘semis’ in Adelaide, even though there was no option against Djokovic.
But it was at that tournament that Korda sent a serious message, battling in the final one on one with Djokovic, to whom he succumbed after having the championship ball in the second set.
Son of former Czech tennis player Peter KordaAustralian Open champion, and Regina Rajchrtovabrother of the golfers jessica and nellyHe has long threatened to make a significant leap because his game is complete, now also chiseled by a compatriot and friend of his father and coach, radek stepanek. Behind him in the stands, his lover, Ivana Nedvev, son of another famous Czech, the footballer Pavel Nedvev.
Seb Korda crushed Medvedev, who became his executioner in the Paris Bercy 2021 tournament. He couldn’t hold 4-1 in the first set, but responded by taking it to the ‘tiebreak’.
He gave another option as nerves played him at 4-3 and 40-15 in the third set. He lost serve, that game, but recovered by submitting Meddvedev to his variety and force of the American game, equaling his best results in the Grand Slam, the round of 16 at Roland Garros 2020 and Wimbledon 2021 .
He took Medvedev off the track, he had an appointment with the Pole on Sunday Hubert Hurkacz, who beat the canadian Denis Shapovalov by 7-6 (3), 6-4, 1-6, 4-6 and 6-3.
Daniil Medvedev has a lot of work ahead of him. He fell into the top-10 of the world ranking, temporarily occupying the twelfth place, waiting to see if there is someone behind him who still pulls him back.
Source: La Verdad
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