Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Sunday, October 6, 2024
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Daniil Medvedev It walked the fine line between genius and madness.
Medvedev admits that sometimes madness can consume him.
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Medvedev overcame several code violations and a tough Italian. Matteo Arnaldi Advance to the round of 16 of the Rolex Shanghai Masters with a score of 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
Medvedev later said he endured an inner emotional conflict between calm and madness.
“It is what it is. I have tried many different things in my career. I tried to stay calm and sometimes not try, but sometimes I got very crazy,” Medvedev told media in Shanghai. said. “And I think what works is what feels like it’s going to work at this moment. You shouldn’t cross the line, that’s for sure, because you could end up defaulting. That’s not good. That wasn’t the case today. .”
The 2021 US Open champion said the pranks can sometimes upset him, but he knows that crossing the behavioral threshold can lead to default.
“When I said it was my first violation, I got the impression that he got angry and said something under his hand or under his mouth, but he didn’t say anything about how he said it. Medvedev muttered: “Oh, you are bad, you are bad.” Bad, you’re bad,” Medvedev said. “And then I got the second code, which I guess may be obvious, but then, and then again. I’m crazy.
“But I knew that if I took advantage of this moment in the game, I would lose the first set, and if I used it to my advantage, I could do it, and I barely did it, so sometimes you need it. It has to be because that’s how sports work too.”
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Medvedev will try to calm the chaos when he faces either 10th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or Alexandre Müller in the quarter-finals.
“Tsitsipas likes to throw forehands and go to the net. Tsitsipas, I feel like we haven’t played for a while.” Medvedev said: “I generally like playing with him, but he is a strong fourth-round opponent because he is a very strong player.
“I played Alex at Wimbledon this year and he played out of this world. I was almost lucky. I wasn’t so lucky because I fought as hard as I could and also played well. But he played very well at Wimbledon.”
“So, let’s take a look at their game. It looks like they’re finally playing tomorrow because of the rain, so we’ll watch their game and prepare for the winner.”
