Medvedev added fuel to the fire in his press conference

the russian Daniel Medvedevto pass a new test on Madrid Masters 1,000 by beating his countrymen Alexander Shevchenko and reaching the round of 16, he had a particular challenge with the crowd in the Manolo Santana stadium of Caja Mágica who cheated him in almost every match.

Medvedev regrets having a section of fans against him, as happens with other players such as “the Dane Holger Rune on Sunday or the Serbian Novak Djokovic.”

“I hit the racket a little bit after the first set because I got frustrated with some mistakes and people started booing. I answered as if to make them do it better, it’s true. But then when you play a good at which point you might as well get them on your side.” , highlighted the Russian, who recalled that Rune experienced a similar situation in front of Alejandro Davidovich.

“I saw Holger yesterday without a sound because my son was sleeping. I saw that something happened, something happened. It’s about if you deserve that or not. I think Rune did something so you have to see if he deserves it or not. . The racket hit me a bit, so I still deserved it. But once I accepted the challenge, they started booing”, recalled the Russian number one.

“For me, sometimes the public too, for whatever reason, is predisposed like that, coming for that chaos. The moment something happens, even if they don’t know what it is, they boo-boo you. Experienced that when well. Novak Djokovic too, many players. It’s part of tennis now,” added Medvedev.

The Russian player was satisfied with the level on offer and praised his rival, Shevchenko. “He played well. He probably plays better on clay, but I think he plays very well on hard courts. I, however, played a little bit on clay, so the match was very close.”

“He had chances to win it. On clay, the serve doesn’t really count, so even though he lost, I continued to play. That’s what I did. It was a crazy match and I was exhausted at the end. I’m happy that I can win.” Assurance.

“I’m always disappointed to lose my serve, but sometimes it’s harder to get it back than others. In general, it hurts too if you lose it on hard courts or clay, although on clay it’s easier to get it back,” Medvedev said.

“Mentally, it was a difficult match,” acknowledged the Russian, who is confident of winning the clay-court title soon. “I really want to do it but I will try to play only the best tournaments, so it will be more difficult because usually there are the best in the world. Clay does not suit my game perfectly.”

“I felt that I had a good match and on hard courts when I play a match like today I usually win easier. I have to fight, it’s hard, but I want to do it to the best of my ability,” said Medvedev , already installed in the round of 16.