It is rare that a match at the summit of elite sport, a contest that rips the prospect of success from the hands of one competitor and drains the body of both, ends in broad smiles and bonhomie all around. Yet this was the case after Daniil Medvedev played Chris Eubanks.
Medvedev’s cheeriness was easily explained. He had just won his first Wimbledon quarter-final after seven years of trying. Last year he was banned from playing and his jolly demeanour was also part of a charm offensive he has been undertaking in SW19. “I’m feeling great right now,” he said after the match.
