Medvedev explodes after his accident against Zverev: “It’s a shame for tennis”

Daniil Medvedev is, by far, the strongest tennis player on the circuit. The Russian arrives at Indian Wells having won three tournaments in a row, Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai, which makes him the favourite, along with Carlos Alcaraz, to win the first Masters 1000 of the year.

However, the former world number 1 Thrilled with the organization of the tournament, particularly the state of the slopestoo slow for your liking.

“This court is a shame for tennis (…). And they call it hard court? It’s a shame to call this disgusting track a hard track!“He said after losing the first set in his round of 16 duel against Alexander Zverev.

In addition, he told the referee that he would walk to the bathroom as slowly as the track itself and assured that he did not care if they sanctioned him for it.

“If they let us play on such a court, I can do whatever I want.“, defense of the tennis player, who continued his particular ‘show’ of comedy shamelessly walking on the way to the bathroom.

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“This is not a fast track. I know what a fast track is. I am a specialist” he said to the chair umpire during another break.

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and all this before suffering a painful sprained ankle early in the second set that raised fears of a possible retirement. Fortunately he recovered and ended up winning (6-7(5), 7-6(5) and 7-5) an exciting match of 3 hours and 17 minutes that would allow him to play pass to the semifinals this Wednesday (11pm) with Alejandro Davidovich.

“There are guys like Cam Norrie, I don’t know if Alcaraz likes to play here, but for sure Norrie likes to play here, which I would say, why change the courts, and he’s right. We can’t change them because we don’t want to. Here, speaking calmly, I understand it and I don’t like my behavior on the track. I think it actually distracts me and it’s better to just shut up and play. That’s what I should do. But at the same time, that’s who I am.”