Former world number three and founder of a children’s tennis school in Moscow Nadezhda Petrova told that they would arrest the Russian tennis player Daniel Medvedev At the final ATP tournament, young athletes are more likely to achieve this than the prominent Serbian. Novak Djokovic .
Medvedev, after beating his compatriot Andrei Rublev and the German Alexander Zverev, reached the semi-finals of the Turin tournament earlier than expected. In the last match of the group stage, the Russian will meet Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz on Friday.
— Can Medvedev be considered the big favorite for the final after such a start? Who can stop him in Turin? Only Djokovic?
– I do not think so. It is not so much Djokovic who is capable of this as young tennis players – Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, who demonstrate incredibly athletic and fast tennis. I think Medvedev can be stopped by young blood. On Friday, Daniil will have to test his strength in the match against Alcaraz. In the other group, Sinner shines; he demonstrates excellent and confident tennis, stable and powerful. He’s like a rock. Alcaraz and Sinner can therefore cause the biggest problems for Daniel in Turin.
— Medvedev also surpassed Yevgeny Kafelnikov’s record for victories among Russians against top-10 tennis players in one season. Do players pay attention to these records?
— Tennis players do not have time to pay attention to such records during the season; at the end of the season, some leaders in various categories are formed, and they begin to talk about them more on social networks, during the broadcast of matches. And that’s the only way tennis players learn statistics. That’s why they don’t pay attention to it; they have other important tasks in mind during the season: working hard, maintaining stability, going far in tournaments, trying to win titles.
Moreover, Dani’s level is already at a completely different level. He has already started counting the titles. He probably only pays attention to the numbers when he wins another tournament. And this realization shows that Daniel is very stable. I hope he stays at the top for a long time. This is great for Russian tennis and the kids trying to emulate it. “He sets a great example for them,” Petrova told .
Medvedev is 27 years old and has 20 ATP titles to his name. In 2020, the Russian won the final phase.
Source : MatchTV
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