Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev explained the reason for the disagreement he had with the referee in the third round match of the tournament in Shanghai with Italian Matteo Arnaldi. His words guide the way sports.ru.
At the beginning of the second set, the tennis player rubbed the back of his shorts with the ball, then covered his mouth with his hand and turned to the referee, losing a point.
“I have tried a lot in my career; I tried to stay calm and sometimes did crazy things. What works is what seems to work at the time. Of course you cannot cross the line, otherwise you will be disqualified and this is unpleasant. “I didn’t do that today,” Medvedev said.
The match, which lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes, ended in 3 sets with a score of 5:7, 6:4, 6:4.
In the second round, Medvedev defeated Brazilian Thiago Wilde. The match, which lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes, ended 7:5 and 7:5 in favor of the Russians. Medvedev had six aces from 12, three double faults and four converted break points. The Wild served twice, committed a serve error once and converted two of three break points.
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