Daniil Medvedev’s attitude in recent times, coupled with a lack of results (he has gone more than two years without winning a title and has only won one Grand Slam this season), has had consequences
Gilles Cervara, who had been his coach since 2017, has jumped ship, as he announced on his social networks, coinciding with the player’s latest show in the first round of the US Open. He made obscene gestures, confronted the umpire, stopped the match for five minutes and ended up smashing his racket into a thousand pieces. The people at Tecnifibre, the brand that gives him all the material, must not be very happy
As a symbolic nod to life, we leave it after this US Open
“Our fantastic eight-year adventure together is coming to an end. As a symbolic nod to life, it is after this US Open tournament that we end our collaboration. I am grateful and happy for all the great things and wonderful experiences we were able to live together on the court during these eight years. It will be etched in my memory forever,” he wrote on Instagram.
A $42,500 fine
Medvedev received a fine of $42,500, one of the highest that can be given for a performance on a tennis court. The reason: unsportsmanlike conduct and racket abuse. However, it is far from the $110,000 that the 128 players who entered the fray in the last major of the season receive.
Daniil left the Flushing Meadows complex acknowledging that it would have been nice to say goodbye to tennis after a match like the one against Bonzi. Many sectors have called for psychological help for him
The image he gives off has left him out of the European team’s squad for the Laver Cup in San Francisco (September 19, 20 and 21). Nor will he be in the second edition of the ‘Six Kings Slam’ in Riyadh
Ranking drop
The Muscovite, who resides in Monte Carlo, started the US Open as the 13th ranked player in the world. At 29 years of age, the tennis player who was once ranked number one in the world has lost his way
During his last appearance at the Mutua Madrid Open, Medvedev described the reasons that could lead him to one day break his professional relationship with Cervara: “Leaving the top 20 or going into a panic. Changing coach can help you for four or five matches, but not in the long run.”
The Russian is represented by IMG’s Oliver van Lindonk, who also represents Japan’s Kei Nishikori and who once managed the now-retired Garbine Muguruza
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