Daniil Medvedev said he was treating his semi-final victory as \u201ca final\u201d after a walkover handed him his first ATP 500 title in three years.<\/p>\n
Medvedev won the 23rd ATP title of his career without even playing the final match after the unseeded Tallon Griekspoor had to withdraw due to a hamstring injury in his left leg.<\/p>\n
While a win on court would have been the more preferable route to the title, Medvedev was not bothered having secured his first ATP 500 title since his win at the Dubai Tennis Championship in February 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course it\u2019s a shame,\u201d he said. \u201cYesterday I saw that Tallon might have an injury. You never know how these injuries develop overnight. Sometimes they ease up and you can play, even if you\u2019re in some pain. Sometimes they get worse, so I guess it got worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing I can do about it. I played a great tournament, all four matches I played. Of course I wanted to play the final, but it is what it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday I played an incredible match [against Felix Auger Aliassime], so I\u2019ll treat it like a final for myself and I\u2019m happy to win the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n
Griekspoor said he picked up the injury during his semi-final match and was at the hospital on Saturday morning to have scans.<\/p>\n
MORE NEWS ON T365<\/strong><\/p>\n Daniil Medvedev & Tallon Griekspoor\u2019s Dubai Championships prize money & ranking points revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Carlos Alcaraz has raised the bar and jolted the sport like no other\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI have been better, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d Griekspoor said during the trophy ceremony. \u201cUnfortunately, I hurt myself during the semi-finals.<\/p>\n \u201cI went to the hospital this morning and had a couple of scans, which showed something serious. It kept me from coming on court tonight and will keep me from the court in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n The result also marked a bit of personal history for Medvedev as for the first time in his career, he won the same event twice.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what is crazy about it,\u201d Medvedev said.<\/p>\n \u201cI never did it in any city in the world, and the first time I do it, it\u2019s [via] a walkover\u2026 We knew before the start of the week, the way I was practising, I couldn\u2019t miss a ball.<\/p>\n \u201cWe knew it was going to be a great week. It was a great week and I\u2019m looking forward to the next tournaments to come.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Emma Raducanu and Mark Petchey \u2018have the same ideas\u2019 as renewed partnership backed by former star<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Daniil Medvedev reacts after breaking ATP 500 title drought via walkover<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daniil Medvedev said he was treating his semi-final victory as \u201ca final\u201d after a walkover handed him his first ATP 500 title in three years. Medvedev won the 23rd ATP title of his career without even playing the final match after the unseeded Tallon Griekspoor had to withdraw due to a hamstring injury in his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}