Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev expressed his confidence that American tennis fans began to sympathize with him more than a few years ago.
“Did the American people love me after whistling in 2019? I think their attitudes have changed because people are starting to get to know me more and understand how I act on and off the court.
I am glad that it turned out to win the love of the public, while remaining myself, ”Medvedev said in an interview. “Championship”.
Recall that during the US Open – 2019, the American public regularly booed Medvedev for his emotional behavior when he pulled the towel from the ball collector’s hand for the first time in his match against Spaniard Feliciano Lopez and threw the racket towards the referee. tower and only then showed the middle finger.
On April 2, Medvedev defeated Italian Yannick Sinner with a score of 7:5, 6:3 in the finals of the Masters series tournament in Miami, and won the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament for the 19th time in his career.
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