Kamelzon on Medvedev’s argument with the judge during the final of the Indian Wells tournament: “In tennis, you have to have nerves of iron”

Russian tennis player Daniel Medvedev had a bad second set against the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz In the lost final of the Masters Series tournament in Indian Wells (USA), you need iron nerves to play tennis, Honored Coach of the Russian Federation Vladimir Kamelzon told .

The match ended with a score of 7:6 (7:5), 6:1 in favor of Alcaraz. The Spaniard defended his title in Indian Wells and in the final match of the tournament last year his opponent was also Medvedev. Alcaraz, 20, won the fourth of six matches against the Russian.

— It was a nice final, it’s similar to the Grand Slam finals. Participation in the final itself is an undeniable professional achievement, and who wins does not matter for world tennis: there is not much difference in the ranking, nor in the prize money.

Alcaraz showed his own game at a higher level, but Medvedev did not. The first set was difficult. If Medvedev had held on, the result could have been different. Alcaraz is a special Spaniard, not like Nadal in the way he plays the ball. He has crazy, magical feet, he runs towards the ball when it’s most needed.

As for Dani, it is difficult to judge what happened in the second set. His internal condition is unclear. Maybe it’s a psychology thing, maybe my legs weren’t strong enough.

“Eventually he received a warning for emotional arguments with the judge. Maybe your nerves really couldn’t take it?

“Tennis is played with the head, but you win with the feet.” What Medvedev said is the tenth factor. In tennis, you have to have nerves of iron. I don’t think that with the score of the second set, this episode with the ball was important. Medvedev played a good first set, but he didn’t play the second set, and that’s bad,” Kamelzon told .