Daniil Medvedev abruptly retired from his match against Novak Djokovic leaving the Serbian stunned at what happened.
Despite the fact that everyone in the arena was preparing for an exciting third set, Medvedev approached Djokovic to shake his hand. As soon as the match ended, the Serbian was in shock and had trouble understanding what had happened:
"I was surprised he retired the match. He looked completely fine. Maybe the last six or seven points he looked a bit slower. He told me he pulled his adductor muscle. I hope it’s not too serious. He was the better player in both sets."
The Russian spoke after the match explaining that he felt a pop in his adductor muscle and retired not wanting to make it worse.
“I really hope that his injury is nothing too serious,” said Djokovic. “I know Daniil, he’s a great guy, he’s a fighter, he’s a big competitor. He wouldn’t retire a match if he didn’t feel that he [could] continue or [if it wouldn't] worsen his injury. He told me that he pulled an adductor muscle in his leg.
Djokovic knew it was always going to be tough due to the conditions but the end result is not the kind of victory he wished for:
“The conditions here are playing a bit slower, actually a lot slower than last week in Israel where I played, so I had to adjust and against a player like Daniil, you’re just not going to have many free points. Actually, maybe none. So you just have to work your way all the time."
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