Russian Daniel Medvedev plays at the level of the five best tennis players in the world, victories in Grand Slam tournaments should always be expected from him, says the president of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev .
On Saturday, Medvedev won the ATP 250 tournament in Doha. In the final, the 27-year-old tennis player defeated Briton Andy Murray with the score 6:4, 6:4. The match lasted 1h46.
– I can not say that until recently Medvedev had an unsuccessful series of games. Daniil just starts playing better and better each time, gaining stability. He trains and continues to increase. In yesterday’s match, there was no doubt that he might not win. With Murray, he played well on the back line, and at other times nobody had an advantage. Andy’s main strengths are tenacity and density in the game, and in this component Medvedev surpassed him. The result is therefore natural.
We should always expect Grand Slams from Daniil. In reality, Medvedev now plays at the level of the top five tennis players in the world. There are a lot of equal players at the top of the table now, maybe only Djokovic stands out. But to remove Novak from the top row at the end of the season requires winning Grand Slams, and Djokovic now has an advantage after winning the Australian Open.
Moreover, the Serbian tennis player is really the best at the moment, so it’s unlikely anyone can get to Djokovic this year. But in some Grand Slam tournaments, anything can happen, Tarpischev told Metaratings.ru.
Medvedev won the second tournament in a row, last week he won the tournament in Rotterdam. In the updated ATP rankings, the tennis player is expected to rise to seventh place.
Metaratings.ru
Source : MatchTV
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