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Medvedev to Fans: I Won Because of You

Goodnight, thanks for coming, and you guys rock!

That was basically the jist of Daniil Medvedev’s post-match interview—with a little bit of WWF thrown in. The Russian taunted the crowd after his four-set victory over Feliciano Lopez on Day 5, telling them that they deserve a lot of credit for his victory.

“I want all of you to know, when you sleep tonight: I won because of you,” he said.

It was a wild affair that featured Medvedev angrily flipping the bird to the crowd--which didn't endear him but did lend itself to the Friday night at the Open atmosphere.

And now, a very special message from Daniil Medvedev. pic.twitter.com/hlfhhjULCA
— Wilfy (@whitelinefervor) August 31, 2019

In the end Medvedev was too good for Lopez--the Cincinnati now has racked up nine consecutive wins.

Medvedev will face Germany’s Dominik Koepfer on Sunday and it will be interesting to see how the No.5 seed interacts with the crowd.

The brilliance of Daniil Medvedev's #USOpen on-court interview was that he said completely standard remarks and made them super villainous with his delivery.

Just look at the text below; this could as easily be from a Coco Gauff type who'd had the crowd wildly on their side. pic.twitter.com/bwNdRfg3Zz
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) August 31, 2019