Medvedev will apologize to the fan for hitting the ball in the face during the match with Djokovic

Daniil Medvedev announced his intention to apologize to a fan for hitting a ball in the face during the semi-final match of the ATP 500 tennis tournament in Beijing against Serbian Novak Djokovic and noted that it happened by accident.

The incident occurred in the second set with the score 7:5, 5:3 in favor of Djokovic. Medvedev sent the ball towards the stands, and the projectile hit one of the spectators in the face in the front row. The man was taken from the podium, accompanied by medical personnel, and the Russian was disqualified.

"I feel terribly sorry for this spectator. I will try to contact him if he wants to. I hope I can personally apologize and find out how he feels. This is one hundred percent an accident. It is clear that I did not hit the ball out of anger. I do a lot of bad things, but usually hitting balls in anger is not my thing. The ball bounced back, and I just wanted to hit it somewhere so that it would not go out of bounds. When I saw what this led to, I felt terrible. I hope everything is okay with him, because in such situations you never know what the consequences could be,” Univers Tennis quotes Medvedev as saying.

Due to the disqualification, Medvedev will lose 200 ATP ranking points and $219,925 in prize money.