The world number 2 has announced take a little time to treat a hernia. Its participation in Roland-Garros (May 22 to June 5) is compromised.
by (with AFP)
Daniil Medvedev will miss the next weeks on the ATP circuit. In a message posted on Twitter Saturday, April 3, Russian, number 2 world tennis, announced having been operated with a hernia and be absent “probably one to two months” the time to recover.
“Hi everyone. In recent months, I played with a little hernia. I decided with my team to make a small intervention to solve the problem. I will work hard to be soon back on the Land. Thank you for all support, “added Medvedev, an unfortunate finalist of the Australian Open at the beginning of the season.
Hi Everyone. The Last Months I Have Been Playing with a Small Hernia. Together with my team i have decided to have … https://t.co/2yevvir3rp
After Rafael Nadal, wounded at a coast during Indian Wells Masters 1,000 where he had lost in the final against the American Taylor Fritz, so it’s a new absence of brand for the male circuit. that the season on clay arrives. Not a large amateur of the surface, Medvedev, 26 years old, will therefore probably miss the masters 1,000 of Monte Carlo (April 11 to 18), from Madrid (April 26 to May 8th) and Rome (May 2-15) .
The world’s number 1 place moves away
Alternatively, Russian could also miss Roland Garros (May 22 to June 5), the second big keleme of the season, where he had reached the quarter-finals last season. An absence that could also cost him expensive in his quest for the Global Throne. The Russian had become number one world for three weeks in early March, before retroceding its place to the Serbian Novak Djokovic on the 21st.
Since Daniil Medvedev failed to maintain his level of performance, the one who had allowed him to win his first Grand Slam last season by depriving Djokovic of the Calendar Calendar in the final of the US Open. Favorite of Masters 1000 Miami, the finalist of the last Open of Australia was eliminated Thursday in a quarterfinal by the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, the holding of the title, bowling 7-6 (9/7), 6-3 .
Signs to Miami
During this match, it seemed physically diminished, taking a long locker room between the two sets and asking for the intervention of the physiotherapy after having been repeatedly to rely, down, on its racket, to recover after the exchanges.
“Throughout the game, I was not at best,” he confirmed in a press conference. “After the difficult points, I struggled to catch my breath. I did not pick up enough. It may have been heat, but I had vertigo and there was a game where I could not anymore serve. “
Before this defeat in Florida, Medvedev had fallen in the semifinal in Acapulco against Spanish Rafael Nadal, who had already defeated him in Melbourne, after having suffered a surprise surprise in the third round. 1000 Indian Wells Masters against French Gael Monfils.