Medvedev and Zverev had a dramatic spat following their latest assembly in Monte Carlo, which was gained by the world No 3. In the third set, Medvedev consulted the umpire earlier than operating off to make use of the bathroom within the allotted changeover time, as he arrived earlier than time was referred to as which means it didn’t depend as a bathroom break.

After the world No 22 misplaced 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) he lambasted Medvedev for taking what he thought was an “impossible” rest room break and mentioned his opponent was one of many “most unfair players in the world”. It prompted the previous US Open champion to hit again at Zverev in a fiery press convention.

They at the moment are set to fulfill in a match for the primary time since their dramatic row after Zverev gained a rained-off match in opposition to JJ Wolf to advance to the round-of-16. But the third seed in Rome has now revealed that the pair are again on civil phrases after having a non-public chat about their spat.

“Could be exciting,” he informed Tennis Channel forward of their upcoming fifteenth assembly. “I mean all of our matches are exciting, the last two were crazy. Indian Wells, Monte Carlo - we hadn’t played for a long time. He was injured and actually we didn't play in 2022 at all I guess, and that’s a little bit crazy because we played like 15 times already.”

Addressing the blows they each traded after their most up-to-date match, Medvedev mentioned: “Talking about Monte Carlo, we talked after this. So I think everything is fine, seems like everything is fine for both of us.”

The 19-time title winner additionally attributed the argument to their reactions after dropping - as Zverev spoke following his defeat to Medvedev whereas the 27-year-old reacted after he misplaced to Holger Rune. He added: “You know, I lost a match against Holger when I was speaking about this incident, he lost a match against me.

“It happens. So I think we're fine.” But Medvedev nonetheless wasn’t ruling out some extra drama of their Rome assembly. “But it doesn't mean that if we're playing tomorrow, there's not going to be something. You never know. We're both competitors,” he smiled.