Medvedev on alert before retiring in Madrid: “I’m very afraid”

This Thursday, the top ranked player remaining said goodbye to the Mutua Madrid Open. Daniil Medvedev was forced to withdraw from the quarterfinal match with the Czech Jiri Legecka after losing the first set 6-4.

Russian He decided not to continue training after his first race after noticing some troubling discomfort in his right adductor muscle. in the first games. During the break, after 3:2, the former world number one asked for the presence of a physiotherapist and even went to the locker room to receive treatment for a few minutes.

He returned and was taken apart again at the next break with the score at 4–3. It was then that Medvedev opened up and explained his feelings. “I feel a little better, but I’m very scared“He admitted.

It was this fear that led him to leave three games later.. He didn’t want the injury to worsen and jeopardize his immediate schedule.

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“Injuries are part of sports, and the more you play and at higher intensity, the greater the risk to your body.. The surface changes, matches… I try to take better care of my skin, but who knows. Weather, cold. But none of the injuries are related,” he said at a subsequent press conference.

“Going to Rome now is risky, but I need to see how everything happened and talk to the team.

because it would be good to go after winning last year. Now I just have to see what it is because we don’t know. “I don’t know if it’s serious or not,” he said.

“I felt pain while climbing the net. There was no need to continue. we’ll have to get tested and I know how long it will take me to recover. Five days or two weeks… I don’t know,” Medvedev said.

“It was a shame because I started well. I felt like I got into the game well, but it was soon over. It’s a shame because it was the first match against Jiri, who plays very well, and it was interesting for me to play against him,” concluded the Russian.