I haven't watched it back. He was just behind the service box line, from my remembrance. And hit it down the middle, too soft, no depth, no angle. For a top doubles player, it was poor. Just my opinion. I understand he didn't want to make a mistake but that's exactly the point - given who he was playing against, given this was the top 4 in the world, it was the wrong call and he deserved to lose the point. But again, just my opinion.
Indeed, probably good to move it along whilst it will be missed. O2 and Madison Square Garden have been the 2 homes over the years that go down in history. Suspect Turin will move on quite quickly, perhaps we will see Moscow and Vienna get a chance at some stage.
Yes a good match and overall I think Medvedev deserved to win although I was rooting for Thiem.
As an aside (and probably a bit odd of me to notice!), it really struck me that now the players have to get their own towels that the use of one after every point seems to have changed and that it feels that they are getting on with play quicker.
Not sure whether it was Thiem and Medvedev in particular, as I didnt notice earlier in the week, but a very welcome development and a policy which should be maintained in a future post-COVID world!!