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Paulo Dybala presented a jersey to Daniil Medvedev
The World No.2 Daniil Medvedev met with Juventus football star Paulo Dybala after his final match at the final ATP tournament. Medvedev lost to Zverev in straight sets in Italy.
After the match, the Russian tennis star received a Juventus jersey from the Argentine attacker Dybala. Medvedev took to Twitter to reveal about his catching up with the footballer. He captioned the picture as:
“You know much I love football. Very nice to meet @PauDybala_JR after the match! #NittoATPFinals @juventusfc”
Daniil Medvedev was favourite to win the final, having won his past five matches against Zverev, but the World No.2 never showed a spark during the final and was convincingly beaten.
Despite beating the German in Red Group play earlier this week, the Russian star was far from his best on Sunday where he was beaten 6-4, 6-4. Discussing the match, Medvedev said:
“It’s tough to say, maybe some tiredness of the body, maybe mentally I wasn’t 100 per cent. Not that I didn’t want to be, but definitely something was missing. I don’t have the answer, but it made the difference.”
“Even when [my serve] was going on the line, it didn’t really have that spark. It wasn’t enough for Sascha, who is a great player and broke me two times. Sometimes, in a way, it’s not bad, but when you’re playing in a big final on a fast surface against someone who is serving like Sascha, it’s enough to win the match. We can talk about many things, but the serve was definitely the key today, and he was better.”
Medvedev had a successful 2021 where he even went on to win a Grand Slam. He beat World No.1 Novak Djokovic earlier this year in straight sets to win his first Grand Slam of his career.
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He has a total of 58 wins to his name and has won a total of four titles till now this year.
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