By Flashnews 
After the 2024 Shanghai Masters quarterfinal match between Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner, the latter had an injury that he discussed following the match. It was clear from his match against Stefanos Tsitsipas that the Russian player was dealing with an injury of some kind. It appeared that Medvedev’s shoulder was bothering him throughout his match against Tsitsipas, and it was unclear how his shoulder would fare going forward against the world’s top player. Medvedev made the decision to play the game and, in an effort to maintain his health for the rest of the season, to finish the match standing despite needing two medical time-outs throughout it. Ultimately, Sinner demonstrated that he could not win both sets, 1-6, 4-6.
roved to be overpowering. Naturally, the Russian player’s injury also contributed to the defeat, which is why questions concerning it were directed at him right away following the game.
Also, when shaking his hand at the net, Sinner shared nice words of encouragement with Medvedev, recognizing his injury. Following the match, the former World No. 1 explained that he had already started feeling his shoulder in the match against Tsitsipas.
“I, unfortunately, had pain on my shoulder, which I didn’t think I would have. It started yesterday during the match, but I thought it was nothing, and I still think, well, I still hope it’s nothing serious, I’ll have to do the checks tomorrow.”
Medvedev then explained how exactly the injury affected him. It prevented him from serving as he wanted to, which was crucial against a player like Sinner, who is rarely broken.
“But it didn’t let me serve the way I wanted, and with Jannik serve is important, because he’s a great server now, it’s tough to break him, so you need to serve well, and without the serve it’s tough.”
In addition, the pain not only limited his ability to serve as he wanted to but also impacted his energy levels, as playing injured isn’t comparable to playing fully healthy and energized.
“Then when you have pain, the energy’s not the same. So, second set I tried to, like, pump my energy up, and it did help me a bit, but still, without the serve, it’s tough to beat Jannik, and that’s what happened.”
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Of course, Medvedev didn’t want to blame the loss on the injury. He knew that probably the best player on the ATP Tour at the moment was standing on the opposite side of the net, and he was quick to give Sinner credit for the win.
The Russian player spoke about how the Italian player improved, specifically highlighting the 23-year-old’s consistency and serve as something that helped him to win.
“I mean, he plays well, and I think at this exact moment him and Carlos are probably the best in the world. He serves well, he serves much better than before, and even today, you know, where everything was going a little bit his side, the few moments where I could maybe have a look at something, he served very big.”
“He’s very consistent, yeah, I mean, he’s a great player. I think he has like some crazy stats where he almost never loses before quarterfinals, etcetera, so, yeah, he’s a great player.”