Daniil Medvedev will face Alexander Zverev in a finger-licking match in Indian Wells. However, the Russian player has already hit the headlines for a weird episode in the desert. Before a toilet break mid-match at the Indian Wells on Sunday, Daniil Medvedev yelled at the umpire that he would “pee slowly” and threatened to do so. In the third round of the competition, Ilya Ivashka was defeated by Medvedev 6-2 3-6 6-1, extending his victory streak in California.
As he spoke to umpire Mohamed Lahyani at the conclusion of the second set, Medvedev’s displeasure with the pace of the court in California came to a head. Daniil said: “I’m gonna pee as slow as this court is. So you can take 25 minutes. The court is slow so I go slow; I take my time.”
Lahyani replied: “You have to accept this. You’re professional.” Then the former world no.1 replied: “I don’t accept this. They say on the fact sheet this is hard courts. This is not hard courts.”
"I'm going to go to the restrooms at the same speed as this surface, so you're going to wait a little while, maybe 20 minutes."
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Medvedev in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2023
Ranked no.6, Medvedev owns a compiled 21-2 win-loss record in 2023. Daniil is competing in Indian Wells where he defeated the world no.48 Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-3 and the world no.85 Ilya Ivashka 6-2 3-6 6-1.
Daniil Medvedev will square off with the world no.14 Alexander Zverev in the 4th round. Their current record is 6-6.
Daniil conquered 3 titles in 2023 in Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai.
Medvedev won 18 titles in his career: 9 on hard courts, 8 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Medvedev will play next in Miami (Miami Open). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 22nd of March.
Zverev in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2023
LWWWLLWWWW Now ranked no.14, the German has a 8-7 win-loss record in 2023. Zverev is participating in Indian Wells where he ousted the world no.66 Pedro Cachin 6-3 6-1 and the world no.59 Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5 1-6 7-5.
Alexander Zverev will face the world no.6 Daniil Medvedev in the 4th round. Their actual record is 6-6.
Zverev won 19 titles in his career: 6 on hard courts, 6 on clay courts and 7 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Zverev has scheduled to play next in Miami (Miami Open). He will start from the main draw that will commence on the 22nd of March.
Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev faced off 12 times. The head to head is 6-6. Previously, the last time they squared off, Alexander Zverev won 6-4 6-4 in the final in Turin (Nitto ATP Finals) in November 2021.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
