Davis Cup: Medvedev, Rublev today with real away game
Spain face Russia in Madrid today. It will be one of the few encounters in the Davis Cup final round in which a team enjoys real home advantage.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Nov 28, 2021, 12:56 pm
The roof of Innsbruck's Olympia World would certainly have lifted in some matches, for example when Gerald Melzers chased back against Dusan Lajovic on Friday or on Saturday in the grandiose double success of Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz against Novak Djokovic and Nikola Cacic. But: In Austria there is lockdown, as is well known, spectators are not allowed in Innsbruck. A few houses further in Turin, the Italians successfully completed two night shifts, the mood against the USA was just as splendid as against Colombia, but the Italian class with Jannik Sinner (and despite the absence of Matteo Berrettini ) did not overburden the tension .
Today, on the other hand, the first real highlight in terms of mood is in Madrid: Because the home side are going into the game against Russia as clear underdogs in the absence of Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista-Agut and Carlos Alcaraz. Pablo Carreno Busta and maybe, as against Ecuador, old champion Feliciano Lopez will be in demand. But the audience in the Caja Magica is even more so. Because the Russians come rushing in with Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev .
Medvedev is defeated by Carreno Busta in Tokyo
The US Open winner made short work of Emilio Gomez on Saturday, who had argued so courageously with Carreno Busta the day before, and gave the Ecuadorian only two games. Andrey Rublev suffered a brief slack against Roberto Quiroz, but won his game in three sets as well as the final double at Aslan Karatsev's side. There were only real problems with the post-match interview, Karatsev had to ask several times what he should answer. The interviewer's mask caused acoustic difficulties.
While Rublev is the clear favorite in the race against the number two of the Spaniards, Medvedev has already had bad experiences with Carreno Busta this season: At the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Russian lost in the quarter-finals in tropical temperatures and in front of empty grandstands. This early evening in Madrid, the opposite signs are to be expected. However, he has already sufficiently proven that Daniil Medvedev can deal well with fans who are not sympathetic to him. No matter whether in New York City or most recently in Turin at the ATP Finals. And a few weeks later, Medvedev retaliated to Carreno Busta in Cincinnati for the bankruptcy of Tokyo. The special circumstances in Madrid mean that great tennis can be expected.