Medvedev, former world tennis number 1: “Maybe I should start a career in pickleball, it’s not too late. Any sport on the planet is better, even curling right now”

Daniil Medvedev still cannot find the consistency that led him to be number 1 in the world. The Russian tennis player has spent some years alternating great victories with inexplicable defeats for a player of his stature.

The last of them came early Tuesday to Wednesday at the Winston-Salem tournament, where He said goodbye at the first opportunity after losing to the young American Martin Damm 7-5, 6-3 in a match in which he once again showed off his peculiar character.

Such was the desperation at the collection of mistakes he was making that he considered changing sports. “Maybe I should start a career in pickleball. It’s not too late… with Jack Sock, doubles. “Any sport on the planet is better, even curling right now,” he said during one of the breaks.

Damm will seek a place in the quarterfinals this Wednesday against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan. In other matches of the day, the Italian Luciano Darderi, second seed, beat his compatriot Mattia Bellucci 2-6, 6-4, 6-2while Cruz Hewitt put an end to his adventure after losing to the British Arthur Fery, semifinalist of the last Wimbledon, 6-1, 7-5.

For his part, the Argentine Juan Manuel Cerúndolo advanced to the third round with a hard-fought victory against the Indian Dhakshineswar Suresh by 7-6(10) and 6-3.

The Peruvian Ignacio Buse also wonwho eliminated the Australian Adam Walton (6-2, 5-7 and 6-3).

The Argentine Mariano Navone, defeated by the Australian James Duckworth, and the Paraguayan Daniel Vallejo, who fell against the Dutchman Botic Van De Zandschulp, were eliminated.