“They can’t imagine. One day a player will die, and they’ll see it (they’ll know it).” This is the message he sent, up to two times in a row, Daniel Medvedev on the tennis courts as he removes his hands after a third set point against his friend and fellow Russian Andrei Rublev.
It’s huge Medvedev, who openly responded to the television camera to let the whole world know his opinion for competing in temperatures above 30º C, humidity around 50%. With a thermal sensation close to 40º C. A test for athletes when the US Open becomes a step into hell.
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Medvedev has requested medical help twice. At 6-4, 4-3, he placed a finger at chest level, on the sternum. He was examined by the doctor, who offered the tennis player an inhaler. The same he offered again when he came to the second call, after two hours of the game.
If the atmospheric elements mean an extra opponent to beat, the battle itself for a Grand Slam semifinal raises the level of suffering for the protagonists. Came out alive and won Daniel Medvedev27 years old and world number 3, who beat his son’s godfather, Andrei Rublev25 years old and nº 8, by 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4 in 2h.50′.
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They push themselves to the limit physically, especially mentally. Medvedev put up his usual wall, no matter how short of air he was. He endured and claimed his greatest record in the Grand Slam quarterfinals.
The tournament’s 2021 champion, the 2019 finalist, will play in the semifinals for the fourth time. For Rublev, the quarterfinal bar continues to be too high for him. Ninth appearance, ninth loss. Your obstacle.
Rublev started winning ten points in a row. Medvedev turned it around on a 6-1 run. In the second set, a final 5-0 run. In the third, another comeback from Daniil, this time from 2-4.
Moving the ball is an act, not sliding the racket, an act. Thirteen breaks in 31 break balls. Everything is very difficult. Medvedev was stronger, increasing his positive balance against Rublev to 6-2.
“The conditions were brutal. The only good thing here is that we both suffered, the best thing is that we both ended up alive. There are ups and downs in the game, it’s normal. In the first set I couldn’t see the ball, I didn’t have the sensation to hit the ball . Brutal”, he sentence.
On Friday, a match against the Spaniards Carlos Alcarazhis relentless execution in the semifinals of Wimbledon, or the German Alexander Zverev.
Source: La Verdad
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