“I didn’t see people who wanted me to win!” Daniil Medvedev SLAMS crowd for being biased towards Big Three
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Daniil Medvedev lost the 2022 Australian Open title to Rafael Nadal in an epic five-set thriller. Medvedev blew away a two-set lead over Nadal in the finals, which the Spaniard capitalized and clinched his second title at the Melbourne Major and also his record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title.
Medvedev was leading the match comfortably and was well on course to capture his second Grand Slam title in a row, to add to his title win at Flushing Meadows last year, but he bottled way a 3-2 lead in the third set and lost the match.
Medvedev then slammed the behavior of the crowd at the Rod Laver arena and called them out for their lack of support towards him, in his post-match conference and said he prefers playing at hard courts in Moscow, rather than playing in front of unsupportive crowds at the Wimbledon or Roland Garros.
This wasn’t the first time Medvedev got into a tussle with the crowd. In his second-round match against Nick Kyrgios, the Russian called out people who were booing him saying they “probably have low IQ”.
Daniil Medvedev calls out fans for not receiving same level of support as Big Three
Medvedev pointed out the hypocrisy of people saying, they always wanted someone to end the reign of the ‘Big Three’, but never support the player who is playing against the Big Three. He also called out the lack of support he receives in such matches.
“When I also started to get just a little bit higher, like top 20, top 30, started to play Roger, Novak, Rafa. We made some tough matches. I haven‘t beat them yet,” he said.
He further said: “There was a lot of talk. I don’t think there is that much right now, but I remember there were a lot of talks, young generation should do better, or there were talks like people saying we really want the young generation to go for it, to be better, to be stronger. I was like pumped up. Yeah, let‘s try to give them hard time and everything. Well, I guess these people were lying because, yeah, every time I stepped on the court in these big matches, I really didn’t see many people who wanted me to win.”
The Russian also hinted that his nationality might have played a part in this inherent bias. “Yeah, it‘s cumulative. But tonight was… like the top of the mountain. But yeah, I can definitely see when you playing somebody from the other country, they would go for them and not for Russian or something like this,” he added.
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