Taylor Fritz has responded after being asked about allegedly calling us open rival Daniel Medvedev a cheat during a practice session together Daniel Medvedev revealed that Taylor Fritz once accused him of cheating during a practice tennis session but his US Open rival has since played down any frustrations on his part Fritz said the incident between the parot Wimbledon 2018 was not that deep despite Med the dev's wife claiming she heard him accuse the Russian of cheating Medvedev has reached the third round of the US Open where he will face Flavio cabali on Saturday local time meanwhile Fritz is already in the last 16 at his home Grand Slam where he is set to face Casper Roode world no five meddev who has been flying somewhat under the radar at this year's US Open regularly draws attention thanks to his quirky interviews and the Russian did so again after beating Fab moras on Thursday sharing a light-hearted anecdote during his postmatch press conference. Medvedev 28 was asked if he had ever experienced cheating during a practice match with another player and he opened up about the incident with Fritz six years ago saying I have one funny story I don't know if Taylor remembers it Taylor Fritz if he can tell it you can ask him next press conference from his side that we played Wimbledon it would probably be 2018 or 19 so long ago we both were not where we are right now brutally honest I don't want to cheat on practice but you know sometimes you don't see the ball