Seyboth Wild recalled Nadal in a tense press conference with accusations of mistreatment

Roland Garros has a clear star this Tuesday: Thiago Seyboth Wild. The Brazilian sprung a big surprise in the tournament by defeating (7-6(5), 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3 and 6-4) the second seed, Daniil Medvedev, in a epic battle that left us with moments of great tennis that delighted the public that filled the Phillipe Chatrier court.

“It was without a doubt the happiest day of my life“, assured after the game this Brazilian born in Marechal Cândido Rondon, on the border with Paraguay but based in Rio de Janeiro, and fan of Gustave Kuerten“like all Brazilians, well, rather, like all tennis lovers”.

Although older than Kuerten, for a generation he assured Rafa Nadal as his idolwhose biography was his favorite book for many years, when he fell into his hands at the age of 14 or 15.

“I have admired Rafa all my life. I dreamed of playing with him here. I hope one day I can do it. He is my idol forever. The way he plays and wins, the force he puts on the court, it’s incredible. You don’t see it a lot, you don’t see it in other tennis players,” he explained.

Although not everyone was pleased with his appearance in front of the media. Her smile fades when a journalist brings up a thorny issue from her past: accusations of sexual violence made against her by a former partner.

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The Brazilian grinned and refused to answer. “I don’t think this is the place or time to ask that question.” he said clearly annoyed.

Seyboth Wild is a pure product of clay, the complete opposite of his prey of the daya Daniil Medvedev who hates that surface, although his recent victory in Rome, the first achieved in a tournament on dust, seems to have reconciled him to it.

The Brazilian aims very high in juniorwhen he reached the top 10 in the world and after the victory in Santiago de Chile, he knocked on the door of the top-100 of professionals.

But he didn’t make it into that elite club, his best ranking was 106th, before injuries caused him to drop as low as 400.

Now he raised his head again in the elite and delivered a powerful blow at Roland Garros.

“I think I proved to myself that hard work is the only way to succeed. I am very happy, with confidence, but this tournament is not over yet. I worked hard to get here and now I know that anything is possible.“, he hinted.