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“Three last points getting ready for the serve I could not move my leg.”
But it was the hot weather Medvedev struggled to cope with the most, which are expected to continue into the week.
“We have had 20C to 23C maximum and you come on, quarter-final against Andrey [and it’s hot] and we had some unbelievable rallies and after the point it is tough to breathe,” he said.
Medvedev has notoriously struggled to find his best tennis in hot weather having failed to get past the first round at the French Open.