"How is your miserable life?"

The Masters in Madrid turned out to be extremely unfortunate for the Russian tennis players.

On Thursday, May 6, three domestic athletes were defeated in the third round of the competition.

Daniil Medvedev lost to Chilean Kristyan Garin (4: 6, 7: 6, 1: 6), Andrei Rublev lost to American John Isner (6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 7), and Aslan Karatsev lost to Kazakhstani Alexander Bublik (4: 6, 3: 6).

Finally, Karen Khachanov finished his performances in the first round, being weaker than the Japanese Kei Nishikori (7: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6).

But Medvedev's failure turned out to be especially offensive.

On the one hand, the soil is not the most favorite surface of the third racket in the world.

On the other hand, in the event of a final victory in Spain, he had a chance to rise in the ATP rankings.

And the first match of the Russian, who suffered the coronavirus in April, rather tuned in a positive mood.

Although he experienced difficulties in a meeting with the 56th racket of the planet Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, he managed to gain the upper hand.

Firstly, Medvedev showed character, having gathered after the failure in the first set - 4: 6.

Secondly, in the future he gave the owner of the court only six games.

Along the way, Daniel interrupted a series of six defeats on clay and even jokingly wrote on the camera that he loves this coating.

Although during the meeting, he threw the racket on the court and shouted that he did not want to play on it.

But the game of the next round with Kristjan Garin, who occupies 25th place in the ATP rankings, gave him no reason for humor.

Faced with resistance from a much more qualified opponent, who also specializes in ground, he gave up the slack.

For the opponents, this meeting was the second in their careers: in 2019, their paths crossed on the hard in Montreal, and then Daniel was stronger - 6: 3, 6: 3.

However, in Madrid, he initially had little chances.

Despite this, the domestic tennis player initially imposed a fight on the Chilean.

So, the fate of the first set was decided by Garin's break in the third game, and after the fifth game, the Russian had to call a doctor to the court.

He had nosebleeds.

Medvedev has got a nose bleed pic.twitter.com/aOIdtmVVvz

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He managed to continue the game, but he could not win back the minimum handicap.

Kristyan calmly kept the gained advantage, while Medvedev made too many unforced mistakes, and after the end of the set he completely went into the locker room, apparently to get medical help again.

Nevertheless, in the second game, the third racket of the world even managed to gain the upper hand.

This time, the rivals, one after another, took their own feed and practically did not allow any mistakes.

As a result, she predictably spilled over into a tie-break.

And at the decisive moment, Daniel did not leave the Chilean a chance - 7: 2.

Unfortunately, the final set turned out to be completely different from the previous one.

First, the Russian allowed his opponent to make a break in a very difficult fourth game, and then he managed to quarrel with the fans in the stands.

In particular, he shouted to one of them in Russian: "Shut your mouth", and then asked: "How is your miserable life?"

As a result, the judge had to give the athlete a warning, which also caused discontent on his part.

Daniil making friends in Madrid pic.twitter.com/GYqujwG8fO

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Unnecessary emotions went to Medvedev only to the detriment and he did not win any more game in this match.

The unexpected pause at the end of the meeting did not help him either, when the referees noticed that the attachment was torn at the net.

Thus, Garin won and advanced to the next round.

Daniel remains to prepare for the tournament in Rome and be proud of his first victory on clay since the spring of 2019.

"Medvedev, by definition, cannot play on clay courts"

Experts also reacted calmly to the defeat of their compatriot.

So, the ex-first racket of the world Yevgeny Kafelnikov admitted that he did not expect much success from the tennis player in Spain.

“Medvedev, by definition, cannot play on clay courts.

This is not a surprise to me.

His game does not fit under the ground, "- quotes the words of Kafelnikov" Sport Express ".

In turn, the president of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTR) Shamil Tarpishchev suggested that Daniil had not fully recovered from the coronavirus.

“Hence, a little de-training and lack of cleanliness in the game.

On the back line, Daniil acted with very big mistakes, lost the rallies from the second serve ... Our tennis player hardly trained, and the level of play is now such that the difference between the top ten and thirty is not so big, "- quotes Tarpishchev" Championship ".

According to the head of the RTF, there is nothing supernatural in the defeat of the Russian from Garin: “Everything is natural.

At the moment there is a preparatory period for Roland Garros.

The most important thing is not to force things, and everything will be fine with Daniel. "

Finally, the honored coach of Russia Boris Sobkin agreed with the president of the federation and stressed that Medvedev is still far from ideal form, and therefore simply could not compete with Garin on an uncomfortable surface.

“The defeat of Medvedev did not become a sensation. Garin plays very well on the ground, and in general he plays decently. Danya mentally does not like this coating, but I don’t think that the soil is inconvenient for him, he simply doesn’t like it. In terms of play, Medvedev has everything to play well on the ground. I'm not even talking about the coronavirus. This is a very harmful thing. Even if you seem to be healthy, weakness can come at any moment. I don't see tragedy in defeat. Then Medvedev will finally move away from the coronavirus, the body will be more stable, and coatings will begin that are morally more comfortable for him, ”Sobkin said.