By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennisnow | Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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Through his play and words, Daniil Medvedev can create a tennis of sound and rage.
One of the most expressive sports players aims to press the silent button on itself.
Speaking to the media in Indian Wells, Medvedev confessed: “In court, I have to speak less.”
Last week in Dubai, frustrated by four points of match slipping from his control, Medvedev removed the second connector set Tallon Grookspoor 7-6 (7), then got into it with umpire chairs Adel Nour.
The chairman of the chair hit a Medvedev with a violation of the code making Mercurial Medvedev dismiss.
“What did I say?” Medvedev said standing out of his country. “What is this a double standard against the Russians?
“A double standard?”
The former Numeri 1 Medvedev rose to the loss of a heart to Grookspoor and did not shake his hand, though he said he had spoken with the Umpire chair and resolved their issue.
Reflecting in his reputation as a vocal and demonstrating player in court, Medvedev said in the heat of the moment, with the adrenaline rushing through his veins, he sometimes says things he does not say.
“Well, first of all, as I say, I think in court I need to talk less,” Medvedev said. “The thing is that here, I think I speak what I think. In court sometimes I say things I don’t really think of.
“Just because of adrenaline, stock, pressure of the moment, I sometimes say things that after play I can clearly say that I didn’t think that, it’s not true.”
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Although he hopes to tone the volume in court, Medvedev plans to be the same sincere voice, not censored in the oppressor fans and the media like to hear.
“I really don’t know how to answer this question because I feel like I was always the case,” Medvedev told the media in Indian Wells. “I just don’t always say what I think, but, how, sometimes I keep things for myself, but if I talk about something, I prefer to speak openly than to say like the statements of PR or something like that.”
