Wawrinka shocked by Medvedev, Murray and Nadal through to second round at Wimbledon

Xinhua | 2017-07-05 09:42

Wawrinka shocked by Medvedev, Murray and Nadal through to second round at Wimbledon

Russia's Daniil Medvedev celebrates winning the third set during his first round match against Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka in the Wimbledon Championships in London, Britain on July 3, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

Medvedev has been maintaining good form this year. He reached the semifinals in Eastbourne last week and entered the quarterfinals at Queen's club. He has already secured a berth in the top 50 after the victory.

"I'm really happy," he said. "Wimbledon is my favourite Grand Slam. It was in my juniors and still is.

"One year ago I was 250th in the rankings and if someone said I would not only play on Centre but win I would say: 'You are joking!'"

Wawrinka has only reached two quarterfinals in his 13 appearances at Wimbledon.

"I wasn't feeling the way I wanted to feel but I played against a great player," said Wawrinka. "I had problems with the knee since Queen's. It is not something new but something I had in the past. Apparently grass is not the best surface for my knee and I need to figure out what I'm going to do and come back when I have no pain."

Related Stories

BACK TO THE TOP
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US