On July 10, Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev met with Czech Republic representative Jiri Legechka in the Wimbledon 1/8 final match.
The fourth round match ended after the Czech tennis player refused to continue the meeting. At the time of the refusal, the score was 6:4, 6:2 in favor of the Russians. It is worth noting that Medvedev reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for the first time in his entire career.
socialbites.ca conducted an online transcript of the meeting.
In the next round, the Russian will play the winner of the match Christopher Eubanks (USA) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece). They will play their match on July 10.
Wimbledon started on July 3 and will run until July 16. The tournament’s prize fund is £44,700,000.
Wimbledon winners in 2022 are Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) and Novak Djokovic (Serbia). Russian tennis players, who did not participate in the tournament last year due to suspension, are playing as neutral athletes this year.
In addition to Medvedev, two Russians remained on the Wimbledon men’s tournament grid: Andrei Rublev and Roman Safiullin.
Previously reportedElena Rybakina advanced to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after her opponent was rejected.