Daniil Medvedev struck a spectator with a ball and was disqualified from his semifinal against Novak Djokovic at the China Open on Monday.
Djokovic was serving for the match at 7-5, 5-3 when Medvedev hit the ball into the stands in apparent frustration. In the third round of the women’s tournament, which ends Sunday, Coco Gauff eliminated 16-year-old Chinese wild card Sun Xinran 7-5, 6-1. Because you never know with these types of situations, “The most important thing is I hope that he’s OK. Because i know exactly how he feels to be disqualified in a big match. .., on the other hand, I also feel sorry for Daniil,.
Sun recently won the U.S.
“I feel terribly sorry for him actually and I just hope he’s OK,” Medvedev said. “It was 100% an accident,” Medvedev said. “When I saw the result, I felt horrible,” Medvedev said. “A bit of a shock, to be honest,” Djokovic said. “It was a tough match for me,” Medvedev said.
“Hopefully I can meet him and make up for it somehow. After a forehand volley winner from Djokovic, the ball bounced off the advertising boards and back toward Medvedev, who smacked a backhand that sailed into the front row. “You can see that I didn’t hit the ball in anger. … The ball was bouncing back, so I tried to just hit it anywhere, so it wouldn’t go out of the court. The chair umpire and tournament supervisor came down onto the court to talk with Medvedev, who didn’t appear to put up much of an argument with the disqualification. Medvedev then walked to the net and shook hands with Djokovic. “I honestly didn’t see what happened. I hope that person is not badly injured. I am sure that Daniil didn’t want to do this intentionally. It just happens. “He played really well. I felt he played like when we played our best matches. I had some opportunities, which I missed. He played incredibly, so I think he has big chances in the final. Open junior title.
