Toronto: Daniil Medvedev of Russia’s top child has won at the National Bank Open – an ATP Masters 1000 tournament – even though second-seeded Rafael Nadal withdrew from Spain due to a left foot injury, which later called into question his preparation in the US Open takes place this month.
Medvedev, who enjoyed a breakthrough after his first ATP Masters 1000 final in 2019, defeated Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in Kazakhstan in a rain-soaked clash around its swing in the North -American to start hardcore. Tuesday night.
However, Nadal withdrew before his match, the tournament organizers announced. ‘As far as I know, I’ve had this problem for a few months. It’s obviously not a happy situation after all the success I’ve had here in Canada, but I could not play this year after missing a year. Nadal said.
“It’s a difficult one, but that’s how it is today. I have to go back and try to find a way to get better again. At the end of the day, the most important thing for me is to play tennis. “Today, with this pain, I can not enjoy it, and I really do not believe that I have the chance to fight for the things I really have to fight for,” said the Spaniard.
Nadal’s left foot injury forced him to miss Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics. The winner of 20 Grand Slams returned last week during the Citi Open in Washington, where he drew in a final in his first match against Jack Sock before losing to South African Lloyd Harris in the third round.
‘I really wanted to play here, but now is the time to make a decision. “Unfortunately, this is the decision I made, and we will probably know more in the next few days.”
Fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez replaced Nadal in the draw as a lucky loser.
Medvedev will want to capture his 12th tournament title this week in a country where he has fond memories. In 2019, the 25-year-old new track breaks at the Canada Masters 1000 event. He advanced to the final in Montreal, without dropping a set before falling against Nadal.
Meanwhile, Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece fell back after dropping a 22-minute draw in the second set to Ugo Humbert of France and raising his level to win 6-3, 6-7 (13), 6-1 and to go to the second round. .
The victory gave Tsitsipas revenge on Humbert, who had beaten him in both of their previous meetings, including the round-of-16 match of the Tokyo Olympics.
Tsitsipas meet the winner of the match between 15th seed Aslan Karatsev and Karen Khachanov.
Source: Telangana Today