By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday August 25, 2023
Daniil Medvedev is like all of us with regards to the budding Djokovic v Alcaraz rivalry: he can’t assist however be captivated.
Today at US Open media day the 2021 US Open champion advised reporters a narrative about this yr’s Wimbledon last, one which he didn’t initially plan to observe.
“I usually say I don’t watch matches when I lose a tournament,” Medvedev mentioned. “So during Wimbledon, I didn’t watch it, but I follow the live score. It’s easy on the phone. At one moment I saw they had a 30-minute game. I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to watch it. I turned it on. It was amazing to watch.’”
Medvedev mentioned he was stunned by how each gamers responded to adversity throughout the five-set affair.
“It was amazing to watch because Novak was kind of down in the beginning of the fourth set. I was surprised he managed to win it with the way the match was going,” he mentioned. “Then at the same time I was surprised how Carlos managed to turn it back.
“That’s why at the moment they are No. 1 and 2 in the world. You cannot argue with that because they are able, even when they play against each other, to turn this match around so many times.”
Carlos Alcaraz.
Novak Djokovic.
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Medvedev mentioned he additionally watched the pair sq. off within the Cincinnati last.
“Amazing level,” he mentioned. “It was not easy to play in Cincinnati. The balls are tough to control. They don’t care about this. They still play their best. All this championship points saved, we go to the tiebreak. Was amazing to see.”
The No.3 seed, who’s slated to face Alcaraz within the semifinals if the seeds maintain, says he plans to do no matter he can to keep away from having to observe them once more in two weeks’ time.
“Great rivalry so far,” he mentioned of the highest two seeds. “But yeah, now every tournament, a goal for everyone is to try to stop them from playing each other.”
Medvedev, 23-5 lifetime on the Open, will open accounts in New York with a first-round conflict in opposition to Hungary’s Attila Balazs.
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