Medvedev told Alcaraz this hilarious joke after their Beijing SF...

pAfter a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a in straight sets on Tuesday evening in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/beijing/747/overview'China Open/a semi-finals, something funny happened./p
pMedvedev, who had lost, covered his mouth and began whispering to Alcaraz. The 28-year-old gestured to his chest, then his hair. Alcaraz found it hilarious and cracked up./p
pldquo;I told Carlos next match I'm going to paint my hair blond and put 'Botic' here. Maybe this can help,rdquo; Medvedev later said. ldquo;Today I played pretty well. I don't see how I could beat him todayhellip; Next match I need to try something. Maybe throw him off a little bit. But it's a joke, of course.rdquo;/p
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pMedvedev referenced Dutchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/botic-van-de-zandschulp/v812/overview'Botic van de Zandschulp/a, who stunned Alcaraz in the second round of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a. The Spaniard has not lost a set en route to the Beijing final./p

pAlthough Medvedev fell short to Alcaraz in the ATP 500 semi-final, he was positive about his efforts in Beijing. The former No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael-monfils/mc65/overview'Gael Monfils/a, Adrian Mandarin and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a./p
pldquo;The hard-court season, after the Olympic Games, et cetera, was not perfect for me. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a was a bit better. Then a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a was two tough losses. Okay, it was third-set tie-break,rdquo; Medvedev said. ldquo;Coming here, I was not feeling great in confidence, in the approach to my tennis. I won three great matches, playing good against three good players in two sets. I played very good against Carlos.rdquo;/p
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pNow Medvedev will turn his attention to the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a, where he will try to earn his first title of the season. The fifth seed will face a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-seyboth-wild/sx91/overview'Thiago Seyboth Wild/a or qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-evans/e687/overview'Daniel Evans/a in his opening match./p
pldquo;Irsquo;m looking forward to Shanghai to try to continue this positive dynamic,rdquo; Medvedev said. ldquo;That's what I'm looking for.rdquo;/p
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