Yesterday, the Australian Open produced a men's singles final lineup, with Nadal and Medvedev beating Berrettini and Tsitsipas in the final 3-1 respectively, which is perhaps the most interesting men's singles final lineup you can imagine since Djokovic withdrew from the Australian Open.
Of course, there was also an accident in yesterday's final, after Medvedev was fatally broken by Tsitsipas in the second set, he returned to his seat and roared to the referee, who accused Tsitsipas's father of having been guiding Tsitsipas without warning and saying to the referee "Are you stupid?" (Are you stupid?) Such words.
But the audience and the media seem to be particularly tolerant of Medvedev's violent temper and some out-of-line behavior, especially in the media environment where the moral standards are very strict in the tennis world, why Medvedev is generally recognized and loved, this is a topic worth exploring.
A closer look at Medvedev's past "bad deeds" may make you jaw dropping. Shapovalov's shouting "you are all corrupt" to the referee at this year's Australian Open has already made him suffer a lot of criticism, but Medvedev, who upset Wawrinka in the first round of 2017, took out his wallet after losing to Bemelmans and threw the coin on the ground in front of the referee, teasing the referee's punishment as unfair as accepting money. Did you instantly feel that Shapovalov was a little witch?
Last year in Cincinnati, Medvedev bumped into a broadcast camera in the venue and angrily kicked the camera with his foot up. Not to mention that he has repeatedly raised his middle finger at many competitions, including the US Open and the Australian Open, intimidating the audience and arguing fiercely with the referees. But you find that most of the audience today appreciateSYedev, is it not true that the audience has masochistic tendencies?
This is clearly not the case, and in my mind, Medvedev is a man who "has a backbone in the back of his head and a measure in his heart."
His "spilling" usually happens in his own quite reasonable situation, such as the kick camera because usually there should be no broadcast slot in the stadium, which will seriously threaten the safety of the players. And Tsitsipas's father's guidance is already the target of the Tour players' criticism, and venting emotions on such a matter will obviously not be on the opposite side of the public.
In terms of interaction with the audience, Medvedev has been booed by the audience since the 2019 US Open middle finger, but in the final, he amused the audience with a humorous speech. In his speech after beating Aliassim after saving the match point, he mentioned that Djokovic made the scene booed, but he quickly turned the topic to Federer and Nadal and let the atmosphere reach a climax again.
After clashing with the referee yesterday, Medvedev also apologized to the referee for the first time after the game. His emotions have attitudes and appeals, but they also have boundaries.
Many people think that people with high emotional intelligence do not lose their temper, but from Medvedev we find that the so-called good old people will only be forgotten in the locker room, afraid of conflict, they will often give up their demands and restrict our development. Keep conflict within control, or even use it as a tool, and when it's resolved perfectly, you can even reap greater benefits from it.
What is emotional intelligence, emotional intelligence is to fully perceive and sympathize with the other party's emotions and make a timely and effective response. In Medvedev, I feel more that emotional intelligence is about sensing emotions and using them.
Speaking of taking advantage of emotions, I saw that yesterday many people said that Medvedev should not lose his temper on the field, which would affect his own clouds. But through my observations, including my own experience of playing, sometimes anger is a good emotion, it will make you forget your criticism and focus on some irrelevant things, and focus all your energy on the "winning" thing wholeheartedly. Many players even deliberately provoke themselves or put themselves into this state of no-self by setting up imaginary enemies.
Judging from Medvedev's overall performance, he has played better and better in two consecutive sets after the surge, and obviously has not been affected too much. Not only will control the use of other people's emotions, but also very good at controlling and using their own emotions, as long as they are not out of control, emotions can drive our bodies to do a lot of impossible things, such as when you are lazy, not stimulated by the point will certainly not be excited.
Therefore, having a personality but being measured, this is Medvedev's biggest charm, this high emotional intelligence of the little brain melon is also his technical did not show too many advantages, and even the action looks a little irregular, but it overpowers the other young people. From this point of view, Medvedev's "early baldness" is also for a reason!