Daniel Medvedev He beat his friend and compatriot Andrey Rublev on Wednesday He will reach the semi-finals of the US Open, where he will face Carlos Alcaraz.
However, not everything was pleasing for the third in the world. Medvedev won the first set 6-4 and won the second set 4-3. asked for medical help. The Russian tennis player put her hand on her chest, especially on her breastbone, while explaining the situation to the doctor. breathing problems As a solution, the doctor listened to her and gave her an inhaler to ease her breathing.
And the game was played by some people. extreme conditions heatespecially at 34 degrees With 37 heat sensations and 50% humidity. Even partially closing the Arthur Ashe Center Court’s sunroof did not improve the extreme heat conditions in which the quarterfinals were played.
Medvedev had to seek medical attention again in the third set after completing the 18-point game. Once again, he had to use the inhaler to compete at the level required by the US Open quarterfinals.
That’s why, a few minutes later, the Russian tennis player emphasized to a television camera on towel racks: “They can’t even imagine that. One day a player will die and they will see it‘, complained Medvedev.
After the match was over, Medvedev explained what it meant for both tennis players to play under these harsh conditions: “The conditions were brutal for both of them. I don’t know if it was seen on camera. we were sweating a lot and using a lot of towels, No skin left on my nose (tip) and here (right cheek) red but not from the sun. I just saw Andrey in the dressing room, his face was very red and it wasn’t from the sun. That says it all, as if we left everything there. The thing is, we could have given even more until we ran out of nothing, which would have been a bit dangerous. Question How far could we go? Maybe five sets. But there is a person named Yibing Wu in Washington who fell because of the heat. I think we should talk about this before anything happens,” he said at a press conference.