Medvedev praises Alcaraz before the clash

2023-07-12 21:29:05

Qualified for the semi-finals at Wimbledon, following a big duel with Christopher Eubanks, the Russian Daniil Medvedev returned to this meeting, before looking into the next once morest Carlos Alcaraz, world number 1.

Daniil Medvedev struggled. But the Russian ended up getting out of it. This Wednesday, in the quarter-finals of the 2023 edition of Wimbledon, the 3rd player in the world, seeded n°3, eliminated the very surprising American Christopher Eubanks, 43rd player in the world, in five sets (6-4, 1- 6, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1) and 3 hours of play. To afford the right to play the very first semi-final of his career on the London lawn. But this meeting once morest Eubanks was clearly not easy.

And the main interested party readily admitted it, during the traditional post-match press conference and in remarks reported by theAFP “It was a very difficult game. At one point, I was very close to losing him. The most complex moment was certainly during the fourth and penultimate set, when the Russian, trailing two sets to one, was pushed to the tie-break.

“If I play 100%, I have my chances”

“There was a point in the game where I started losing pretty much everything, concentration, game dynamics, which obviously can happen at this level. And Chris was playing well. But I am happy to have been able to pull myself together and raise my level to win, ”added the world number three in particular. His next opponent will be none other than the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, world number 1 and seeded n°1. In this regard, Medvedev also confided: “ Obviously, I will discuss tactics with my coach. It’s interesting to play someone like Carlos. He’s an incredible player. But I’ve played once morest a lot of great players in my career. I managed to win many times (…) I will try to play 100% and if I play 100%, I have my chances. »

The Russian highlighted the power of his opponent. What makes him, according to him, very difficult to beat: “When he was 17, which is not so long ago, he was much less mature (…) and he missed a lot. Everyone wondered if he might miss less while producing the same power. And he got there, pretty quickly. »

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