Medvedev explodes against Roland Garros: “He preferred Amazon over the public”

Daniil Medvedev ended his career at Roland Garros on Tuesday after falling in the quarterfinals against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets. At the conclusion of the match, Medvedev himself was quite angry with the organization of the tournament because of the absence of public in his match.

Medvedev, visibly upset, made a comparison between what happened in the meeting and the similar scenario in Formula 1 that is reflected in the Netflix series 'Drive to Survival'. “I was 100% disappointed to know that there would be no audience. It's funny because on Monday I started the third season of 'Drive to Survival' and the second episode was titled 'Cash is the king' (money is the king). When the pandemic started, they were in Australia prepared to run and Lewis Hamilton was asked what he thought about racing in the current conditions. He said that he did not know what they were doing there and they asked him why he was doing the race anyway, to which he replied: 'Money is king' “

This comparison of Medvedev was the prologue of the harsh criticism that the Russian launched at the tournament after his match against Tsitsipas. “Pgrills the same here. Our game was the big game of the day and Roland Garros preferred Amazon to the spectators. It's as simple as that. It is good to have sponsors because that way we players manage to earn money. But this year, we can have more people at Roland Garros, instead we have Amazon and we will still have 15% fewer prizes. And I wonder: Where is the Amazon money? “

Despite this, Medvedev made a positive balance of the tournament despite the defeat and also explained the madness he tried with a match ball against when he tried to surprise Tsitsipas with a serve from below without success.. “Every time I don't win a tournament it's a disappointment. But before coming here I felt good and I thought I could achieve great results. If someone had told me that I would reach the quarterfinals and lose to Tsitsipas I would have signed it, I would not have you. I'm going to lie It was a great battle. As for the last point, it was somewhat tactical. I didn't want to go off the track, but I think I was unlucky at some points. “