The Russian attacked hard due to the high temperatures suffered by tennis players in the morning sessions of the US Open
Medvedev beat Rublev in three sets
Daniel the Russian Medvedev (3), who won the ticket for the semifinals of the US Open this Wednesday, sand complained bitterly of the crushing and stifling heat that is being lived these days in New York and that the tennis players are suffering and enduring with great difficulty on the track.
“You can’t even imagine. A player will die (someday). And (then) they’ll see it,” he said during the third set of their quarterfinal match looking into a TV camera as he wiped away sweat.
Medvedev defeated by 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4 in two hours and 47 minutes to his compatriot Andrey Rublev (8) and will face in the semifinals the winner of the quarterfinal match played tonight by the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (1) and the German Alexander Zverev (12).
As in recent days, this US Open match was played in tremendous heat (about 34 degrees, close to 50% humidity and almost 37 degrees wind chill) that placed the two tennis players at the limit of their strength.
For example, Medvedev twice asked for the attendance of the services doctors for some kind of breathing problem and on both stops he used an inhaler.
“It was brutal. The only good thing I see from these conditions is that both players suffer (…). It was hard for both of us“He pointed out resignedly on the track at the end of the match. “Honestly, at the end of the first set, I kind of couldn’t see the ball anymore.“, Medvedev said when explaining that he had to let himself be carried away by “feelings” and instinct to try to catch each ball.
After the game, Medvedev took up this issue at a press conference and clarified that his intention is to send a warning message before something serious happens.
“The only thing, let’s say, Dangerous is the question of how far we could go. Maybe up to five sets and it would be ‘fine’ in the sense that we would have a few problems the next day and be fine. Or maybe have a person like Yibing Wu, who collapsed in Washington,” he said, referring to the Chinese tennis player who collapsed this summer while playing in the US capital.
“I have no real solutions, but it is better to talk a little about this before something happens. It’s always better,” he said.