Zverev’s message to Alcaraz after the game, with a message to his ‘enemy’ Medvedev

Alexander Zverev was overwhelmed on Thursday morning at the US Open by ‘tsunami’ Alcaraz. The Murcian overcame the Teutonic after a new display of power that delighted the public that packed the Arthur Ashe track, despite the attempts of the Olympic champion who, after the game, partially justified his defeat.

“I was in a match in the first set, where I had a chance to escape the scoreboard, but it couldn’t happen. Later, I felt a sharp pain in the hamstring, almost at the level of the buttock, in my left leg.. That caused my serve speed to drop and against a player like Carlitos you have to be perfect” explained Zverev.

However, the German He does not want to remove an iota of merit from the success of Alcaraz, with whom he maintains a good relationship which even led to them playing golf together before the start of the Toronto Masters 1000.

The reconciliation of the two was revealed after the game, when Sascha greeted Carlitos while their hands were clasped. “Good luck. Win here” told him

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These words imply something more than a formality of courtesy, because Everyone knows the bad relationship between Alexander Zverev and Daniil MedvedevAlcaraz’s rival this Friday in the semifinals.

In case anyone doesn’t know, at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000, in April, the Russian and the German lost after a tense rivalry in the round of 16 where Medvedev went to the bathroom without permission, was hooked several times in public and knocked over one of the posts holding the net.

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After the game, Zverev was not shy in assessing his rival’s attitude. “He is one of the dirtiest tennis players in the world. I try to take sportsmanship and fair play very seriously, he doesn’t. He took a bathroom break when he couldn’t do it. There are 1,000 situations where he feels that I’m starting to play better and where he tries to do everything all the time. I am very disappointed in him as an athlete. Of course you can argue that it wasn’t my right because I got distracted. That shouldn’t have happened on my end and it’s totally my fault and I feel bad on my part. But I still feel that fair play should be part of the sport.”

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Medvedev’s response was short-lived. Far from trying to calm things down, he chose to add fuel to the fire. “What happened yesterday, the stick thing? Did you say what you said? And about the bathroom, well, I want to pee. What do you want me to do? I went to the bathroom, I lost the next two games, he was serving to win the game and he said I was going to the bathroom to make him worse. Sascha lives in his own world” he claimed.

“When he loses, we will find about 25 interviews where he says strange things. I know that I am guilty of polemics with men like Casper Ruud, Diego Schwartzman or Karen Khachanov, and I am sorry that I can they feel negative things because it’s about my way of being they are very kind people. But Zverev is not this kind of person, he is not like them. You should look in the mirrorhe continued.

Finally, Medvedev made it clear that he had no German connection: “We never became close friends, maybe only in juniors. Only he, in his greetings, said something like he is a friend of mine and my wife, which certainly hasn’t happened in a long time,” he said.

wait, what there is little doubt who Zverev will be with in Alcaraz-Medvedev this Friday.