The feud between the tennis stars is heating up. Look in the mirror, the Russian got angry

Zverev reached for victory in the match, but ended up losing the more than three-hour battle 6-3, 5-7, 6-7. And in an interview for the German mutation of Sky television, he then openly criticized the behavior of his opponent. He was bothered by the alleged delay of the Russian player, and also the fact that he removed the stick supporting the net after a lost serve without being punished by the referee in any way.

“He is one of the most unfair players in the world. Fair play and sportsmanship are very important to me. But he doesn’t get anything from that,” Zverev leaned into the former world number one.

In response to his words, Medvedev said that he has excellent relations with most of his competitors and that the problem is probably more in Zverev’s head.

“I think we’re great friends with the ninety or so players on the tour. We may not be the best of friends at fifty, but we have a good relationship. So I often feel bad when something happens on the court and I don’t behave completely fairly, which I know I do sometimes,” explained Medvedev.

“But Saša (Zverev), when he loses, we immediately find 25 interviews in which he says very strange things. He lives in his own world,” he said.

According to him, this is a different case from other tennis players with whom he had disputes and arguments on the court, such as Casper Ruud, Andrej Rubljov, Karen Khačanov or Diego Schwartzman.

“I’m sorry that a guy like Diego, who is nice and fair, probably doesn’t think well of me. But Sasha is not the case. He is not like Casper, Andrej or Diego. When he says about someone that he doesn’t play fair, you say to yourself: ‘Okay, great. Look in the mirror,'” continued Medvedev.

“I can only say that we have never been friends. Maybe sometime in the juniors. So this is not a disappointment for me. But if he says the same things next week, I’ll probably go to him in the dressing room and tell him: ‘Come tell me what’s wrong’. Then we may never speak to each other again and be enemies forever. But it doesn’t bother me much at the moment,” added the Russian.

In Monte Carlo, Medvedev was eventually eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Dane Holger Run, who only lost in the final against another Russian, Rublyov.