In a comment to socialbites.ca, the famous domestic tennis player Andrei Olkhovsky, the former sixth racket in the world and the winner of 20 ATP tournaments in doubles and two-time champion of Grand Slam tournaments in mixed doubles, rejected this opinion. He said that Daniil Medvedev, who was injured in the third match of the Masters quarter-final against Czech Jiri Lehechka in Madrid, can fight for the victory.
“No, it seemed like that… Only in individual games. Yes, it was clear that Medvedev naturally took risks when Lehechka was wrong. At 2:1 in the game, everything happened perfectly. It was obvious that Daniil was injured. And after that he stopped moving, this was noticed. From now on it was only a matter of time to refuse. He played because he didn’t know exactly what his injury was. Yes, it can be aggravated, on the other hand, you are an athlete, you do not want to lose. Maybe your opponent is wrong. Maybe that’s what they rely on. But in most cases, when you do not move at the required speed, it is always very difficult to beat a fairly serious opponent,” Olkhovsky noted.
Medvedev played the first set with a leg injury and dropped his serve only once at the end of the game: 4:6. After that, the Russian tennis player had to refuse to continue the fight, so Lehechka was rewarded with victory and reached the semifinals.
Medvedev’s former rival left It’s a touching message for him.
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Source: Gazeta
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