Daniil Medvedev, number four in the world, highlighted his victory over Chilean Nicolas Jarry, 23rd, and said he expected a worse atmosphere in the stands with the crowd against Chile.
“I would say he leveled up as the game went on. For my part, I think I showed a good level of tennis in the first set, although he didn’t do anything special either, just enough to win that set. At that moment I was satisfied, but he started to improve a lot, the rallies and points started to get more and more difficult, he even started to serve much better. In the end, a few tiebreak points ended up deciding everything, as so often happens in the world of tennis. Even match point was not easy for me with that tremendous return, but in the end I managed to deal with the situation and move on.”
“The truth is that I was not at all surprised by the situation, in fact, I expected an even more hostile environment than what we had, so I was prepared for it. I expected a large number of fans supporting him and against me, but for my part this always means a great atmosphere around the match, many times the chair umpire asked us if we were ready to resume the game, although for us it was not. There was no problem of any kind, at no point did it become a negative situation. I think the public’s attitude was good, I think there was also a section of the stands that supported me, they probably weren’t Chileans, so they made me feel very good.”
He projected the duel against Jannik Sinner in the semi-final: “He is playing better every day, you can see that he understands with a lot of confidence, I could see that in some of the games I was able to watch on television this week. He has been in trouble a few times in this tournament , but he always managed to stay on his feet and find a solution, that’s how great champions do it. For me it’s a big challenge, I’ll need to improve my game a lot and offer my 100% on the court. I know it won’t be a challenge It’s easy, but I’m motivated and I want to go out there and go for it, hopefully I can do it better than last time.”
