Daniil Medvedevthe third favorite in the draw, has shown this Thursday at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 that he loves to win and that he hates to lose even if the matches are on clay,
the russian He has come back from a set and two match points to knock down Alexander Zverev, with a score of 3-6, 7-5 and 7-6(7), in 3 hours and 5 minutes.
Zverev’s game adapts much better than the Russian’s to clay. The results say it and the words of Medvedev say it, who is always critical of the slow pitch.
However, Daniil’s winning character can handle almost everything and can handle a rival who has been hanging the loser sign for a long time.
Maybe that’s why Ivan Ljubicic, Roger Federer’s former coach, smiled this week when Sascha dared to say that he could have beaten Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the last edition of Roland Garros if she hadn’t torn her ankle ligaments.
The German served twice for the win at 5-4 in the second and third sets. He also missed both match points, at 6-5 and 7-6 in sudden death in the tiebreaker. And that his executioner faced the net, the stands and even the static publicity, which hits violently in the ‘tie break’.
The Muscovite, who have won 26 of their last 27 matches, all of them on hard surfacesis in figures to regain world number one during the brick dust tour. He barely defends 180 points from the last 16 Roland Garros.
Medvedev will face a rested man tomorrow Holger Runewho went to the quarterfinals without playing due to the withdrawal of Matteo Berrettini. A victory for Gilles Cervara’s pupil would return him to the ATP podium to the detriment of Casper Ruud.
