The Russian Daniel Medvedev He is a very unique character. “I always laugh at him,” said the American. Taylor Fritz after his victory (6-4 and 6-3) on the opening day of the ATP Finals.
The first individual match of the tournament was decorated with an embarrassing show by the Muscovite, in the sense that he got more than a penalty point as he threw his racket at the microphone, from a distance, and then threw his tool in the air . several times of work. Some provocative juggling, challenging everyone.
The exasperated Medvedev gave way to one focused on playing by controlling his own emotions. It was enough for him to survive the event as he inaugurated his Ilie Nastase Group winning score by defeating the Australian. Alex de Minaur by 6-2 and 6-4 in 1h.18′.
The Muscovite will play, on Thursday, against Jannik Sinner, who will face tonight Taylor Fritz. De Minaur, barely made it to the semifinals. In fact, he will come out of the math if Fritz defeats the Sinner.
Medvedev didn’t give the debutant ‘Aussie’ a chance to break. But that didn’t stop him from deviating from the established script. He left the surprise for the conclusion. He draws a gesture in celebration, with a poisonous message, for himself and everyone else.
This is what he said when asked about the wink ‘block the noise’ (block the outside noise). He recalled that “many soccer players do it. It’s more about social networks. After the comments about Taylor, I wanted to go on the court blocking out the noise. I didn’t care what is happening, I just tried to play.”
It was good and he did that. He covered his ears, closed his eyes. “Normally I celebrate when I win the tournament, today it didn’t matter to me,” he commented. For him it was not a self-celebration, but rather a validation.
“The more famous you are, the more fans you have, the more enemies you have. The more attention you get. Even the good noise may not balance you. You win everything and people say you are a god. You lose in two games and people are saying ‘your career is over.’ .So sometimes it’s better to just block it.” Eliminate that noise, inside and out. With him you don’t know which one will intervene more.
Source: La Verdad
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