hit to the chest and a request for forgiveness that never came

The Indian Wells quarterfinals were spicy in different senses: for the number two in the world, Carlos Alcaraz, it was literal. An invasion of bees interrupted his game with Alexander Zverev, and victory came with a gift sting. For its part, the match they played Holger Rune y Daniil Medvedevin the early morning of Argentina, It had a scene worthy of a soap opera. In the first point of the second set, Rune threw a ball at Medvedev’s chest, and the Russian was left waiting for an apology that never came.

Despite having returned the cannon shot to the chest, the point went to the Dane, who turned around and continued as if nothing had happened while Medvedev stayed at the net waiting for his apology. The chair umpire who approached his body from his place were all the spectators, those who were in the stands, and those of us who were on the couch in our homes with popcorn in hand.

When the request for forgiveness never came, the Russian left, gesturing defiantly at Rune. With the ring finger and the major in sight, he pointed to the new bad boy and warned him that he had his sights on him… The look of surprise on the Dane’s face, who usually wears shorts in World Cup 78 player mode, It did not go unnoticed.

What a married couple about to get divorced?while Medvedev was waiting for the Dane to serve, he went up exaggeratedly the shorts to make fun of him.

The tension lasted until the end of the match, when Medvedev took the victory, he confronted Rune at the net and said (being completely ignored): “I didn’t hear you ask for forgiveness.”

“There are no reasons to talk about that,” the Dane replied without even looking him in the eyes. Any chapter of The Rose of Guadalupe. Someone bring the “bee killer” vacuum to clean up these vibes.

Already at the press conference, Medvedev continued talking about the issue. “Now we live in a totally different world due to social networks, a world that will be with us for many years. Today the good points we played will not be remembered, but the other things will. What happened on the field stays on the field, luckily it’s over. The thing is that I didn’t see him apologize, normally the player tends to say sorry, apologize, whatever, but he didn’t do it. There I went crazy for a moment, I got angry. With Carlos, for example, he usually tells me I’m sorry, or I say it to him, then everything is said and done. I also don’t think there is a continuation to this story, there is no more”, she tried to minimize the story.

And he closed: “I have nothing against Rune, as I say, I just didn’t see him apologize, but then he did go after me. I don’t think I do these things very often, although it is a very good tactic to go against your opponent when you get into a situation like that, then say you’re sorry and forget about it. I think that when you apologize, then everything is immediately forgotten, but I’m not going to give more examples either. In this case I didn’t see him ask for forgiveness and I got angry, I’m sorry for my reaction, you can move on.”

The rest of the parties are the children of the dysfunctional marriage. The son who makes jokes decontract was the meeting Paul-Ruud (the players not the actor), which ended with the victory of the American Tommy Paul by 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. And for her part, the eldest daughter of the family who always does everything right was the party of Jannik Sinner y Jiří Lehečkawith the Italian’s victory 6-3, 6-3.

The novel continues this Saturday in the penultimate chapter of the season with the definition of who will be number two in the world between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, and the chapter is completed with the meeting between Paul and Medvedev.

Don’t miss the season finale on Sunday, March 17.