Tension and nerves. The moment for truth has come at Wimbledon. All or nothing on the green table at the All England Tennis Club’s headquarters in London. Novak Djokovic will be the first to throw the ball into play and Jannik Sinner (14:30) and the second shift will be Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev.
“There are a lot of nerves and you have to try to calm them down,” admitting on Thursday that he chose to change up his routine for the past few days and decided not to train on the track, but to recover and relax. his family and team are at home. Except for the semi-final that he lost at Roland Garros, it’s a practice he used to make in the days before the games. Djokovicwhen cramps appear due to the tension of the moment.
“The experience of what I did wrong at Roland Garros will help me do better now,” the Murcian tennis player said after beating Holger Rune. alcaraz He doesn’t want his nerves to betray him again and paralyze his body like he did in Paris. He’s physically at 100% and he’s very confident in his game. “I feel like I can win the tournament. I have the credit and I show it. Djokovic big favourite,” but he’s admitted it before runes “I was so nervous, I had a hard time controlling my emotions,” she began. That’s why he and his team decided to change the preparations for the match against A. Medvedev.
Alcaraz wants to enjoy its third semi-final Despite being one step away from the Grand Slam’s Wimbledon final extra pressure she wore it on herself and has followed her ever since she came to London. match against Medvedev It will be the penultimate screen to tackle and he doesn’t want his nerves to heal himself, but playing the second shift isn’t going to help him calm down without knowing the exact time to play and the routine to follow. get ready for the game.
Unusual and dangerous opponent
It doesn’t help either that Medvedev is a rival. Russian is an unusual and very dangerous tennis player. It can do the best or the worst as you know well alcaraz from the previous two conflicts. He lost 6-4, 6-1 and 6-2 at Wimbledon last year, but this year Alcaraz dominated him 6-3 and 6-2 at Indian Wells. “It doesn’t count here. It won’t be the same. At Wimbledon the ball bounces much lower and service is much more important”, emphasized Medvedev35% and 79% for the Murcian tennis player with the best stats in the match with 57 ‘aces’ serve and 84% of the points earned by the first serve. Statistics are equal but Medvedev kidding alcaraz. “He has a shot that can be brutal, I’ll have to deal with that,” he stressed.
Medvedev He looks at the game with confidence. Against the surprises, he’s one step away from leaving Wimbledon in the quarterfinals. Christopher Eubanks. “I lost control, focus and momentum in the game, but I got over it and I feel great,” said the Russian player, who was banned from playing last year due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
extra pressure
The anxiety of the moment makes it feel Medvedev aiming for the maximum. “This time I put more pressure on myself before the tournament, I had to do well here and I am doing it. So I’m going to put extra pressure on me for the next two games.”
He also does not escape this pressure. DjokovicDespite his experience of 7 championships and 91 wins in the tournament. The Serbian player is fighting both against his opponents and himself for the records he is after in the tournament, where he has not lost since 2017 and is two matches away from 8 championships of 2017. Roger Federer and add his 24 Grand Slams to a pretty tough fight he wants to pursue in his semi-finals. sinnerprobably less nervous than the four contenders for the title, as he is the final favourite, but is also keen to break the odds.