Daniil Medvedev retires injured from Madrid Open after claiming he ‘can not transfer’

Daniil Medvedev retired from his Madrid Open quarter-final after telling the physio that he could not transfer. The world No. 4 was the highest-ranked participant left within the draw however he was pressured to surrender after dropping the primary set 6-4 to Jiri Lehecka.

Medvedev sparked fears when he known as the physio simply 5 video games into his match on Thursday night time. As the coach began assessing his higher right-thigh, the Russian mentioned: “Tough to say because when I stretch I don’t feel, but when I move I basically cannot move.”

But he was high quality with the therapy, including: “When you touch, it’s fine.” The physio decided {that a} medical day trip can be the perfect answer, informing the umpire that they’d be doing it off-court. As Medvedev walked off, he was deep in dialog with the coach.

“Saw him sort of grimace a couple of times in the previous game,” commentator Nick Lester mentioned. “So Medvedev having been evaluated by the trainer here is gonna go off. Very deep discussion, discussion continues [in the tunnel]. Looked like a sort of groin area, didn’t it?”

Robbie Koenig added: “Definitely the groin area, that’s why often players that are really moving aggressively, sliding like that, have hip problems.” Medvedev ultimately returned to the courtroom and continued taking part in.

But as he served at 3-3, he was pressured to avoid wasting two break factors as he visibly struggled. “I have a gut feel that he’s not going to finish this match, Nick. That is what I’m seeing in front of me,” Koenig remarked. “Just don’t feel like he trusts his feet right now to get in position for the ball,” Lester responded.

Medvedev managed to fend off Lehecka and held serve however the physio was again out on the subsequent changeover as he continued to therapeutic massage the affected space. “[It’s a] bit better but I’m so scared, I’m so scared,” Medvedev mentioned, explaining that he had taken an anti-inflammatory an hour earlier than the match.