all and had been booed and taunted throughout. John Blom in the umpire’s chair did a grand job of trying to keep order, but it was clear from the outset that the crowd wanted Nadal to win. The other bloke? They were going to have some fun with him. When it was over, Medvedev opened his press conference with a long monologue about how he had dreamed as a child of winning Grand Slam titles in front of packed stands, only to realise as he got older that no one really took much notice of him. It clearly upset him. After his experience in Melbourne, enough was enough. “I’m just talking about a fewmoments where the kid stopped dreaming - and today was one of them,” he said. The unfortunate part of this tale is that there is so much to like about Medvedev. He is bright, he is often very funny and he is one hell of a player. But he has no filter. He says what he thinks, no matter how much trouble it may cause.
THE PUBLIC HAS BROUGHT MCENROE IN FROM THE COLD AND HE IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED TV PUNDITS
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