Russian tennis player Anastasia Pivovarova, the former second racket of the world among juniors, said in an interview with socialbites.ca that the public behaved inappropriately in the US Open semifinals, supporting Carlos Alcaraz and actively interfering with Daniil Medvedev.
“Daniil managed to defeat Alcaraz thanks to his character, patience and psychological stability. He played the entire match very balanced. Even considering the end of the match, the entire arena was clearly supporting Alcaraz, greatly hindering Daniil from serving due to his inability to get a match point.
However, Medvedev did not hesitate and did not react to this. The fans, of course, behaved inappropriately towards tennis, but in New York, as in Australia, there are such active spectators that they interfere with the game. Thank God, this time they did not manage to provoke Medvedev and Medvedev managed to finish the match,” Pivovarova said.
Medvedev defeated 20-year-old Alcaraz, who is number one in the ATP world rankings, with scores of 7:6 (7:3), 6:1, 3:6, 6:3. Match continued 3 hours 22 minutes.
Russian tennis player after the match registeredHe said the Spanish fans were “desperate” because they were actively making noise and trying to interfere with his serves.
Medvedev will face Novak Djokovic in the final. The match will be played on September 10 at 23:00 Moscow time.
Former world number two statedNobody expected Medvedev to beat Alcaraz.