Daniil Medvedev, bitter confession after the knockout with Jannik Sinner

Daniil Medvedev vents after his knockout with Jannik Sinner

Daniil Medvedev è vented in a press conference after his sharp defeat to Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters 1000. The world number one è imposed himself with a peremptory 6-1 6-4, handing the Russian his fourth defeat in 2024 in the five direct confrontations played during the season.

"Unfortunately, I had a pain in my shoulder that I didn’t expect – admitted the world number five -. It started yesterday during the match, but I thought it was a trifle and I still hope it’s nothing serious, I have to have a checkup tomorrow. But this did not allow me to serve as I wanted".

"With Jannik the serve è very important,” Medvedev added, “because he is serving very well, è it is difficult to break him, so è it is necessary to serve well, but without the serve è it is difficult. And when you have pain, the è energy is not the same".

In the semifinals of the 'Rolex Shanghai Masters', Sinner will find the surprising Tomas Machac, who beat world number two Carlos Alcaraz in two sets (7-6 7-5).