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Medvedev Reflects On Djokovic's Record & Federer's Return

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The Russian is into the Marseille semi-finals
Daniil Medvedev will make history on Monday when he climbs to a career-high No. 2 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, becoming the first player outside the Big Four of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray to hold a top two spot since July 2005. This week, another player earned a career milestone.

Novak Djokovic set the all-time record for most weeks at World No. 1 with his 311th week, surpassing Federer’s 310.

“First of all, it’s an unbelievable achievement. For sure I think in the world of tennis we talk about Grand Slams more than anything else. But this is also a small competition, [and] I’m sure he’s really happy about it,” Medvedev said. “The way he’s played, he’s definitely capable of catching 400 weeks. We’re going to try to not let him do this.

“I didn’t manage to do anything in the Australian Open final, but that is what sport is about. Nobody is going to give him an easy pass, he’s going to have to earn it.”

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Medvedev tried to dethrone Djokovic at Melbourne Park in the Australian Open final, but the Serbian was at his ruthless best last month to capture his ninth title at the season’s first major. The Russian has great respect for what the World No. 1 and his greatest rivals, Federer and Nadal, have accomplished.

“As I’ve always said about the Big Three, they are unbelievable. The records they have set [are] probably not going to be beaten maybe in 100 years,” Medvedev said. “It’s very rare that you see this in sports. I don’t think you can say that other players were not good enough in this era, it’s just that they were unbelievable and there’s nothing for others to be ashamed of.”

Federer, who is 39, returned to action this week for the first time since the 2020 Australian Open due to two right knee surgeries he had last year. Medvedev wasn’t able to catch much of the 103-time tour-level titlist’s matches in Doha, but he saw some of the Swiss’ win against Daniel Evans.

“As we were talking with some other players here, many, many players would go out on the court after more than one year not playing and he would lose two and two without being able to put two balls in a row in the court,” Medvedev said. “He’s almost 40, didn’t play for one year and is still capable of winning matches. It’s amazing.”

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Medvedev has played Federer three times, losing on each occasion. Their most recent ATP Head2Head clash came at the 2019 Miami Open presented by Itau.

“I would definitely like to play Roger. He’s one of the three best in tennis history, it’s always great playing him,” Medvedev said. “I lost three times, I was not at the level that I am right now. But it’s still Roger, so it would be nice to play a few matches against him. [It's] not only [about] winning, but every time you step out on the court against the Big Three, it’s a special feeling.”

Medvedev will play Matthew Ebden on Saturday in the Marseille semi-finals.

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Medvedev To Play For First Marseille Title

Spoiler:

Russian will face Humbert or Herbert for the trophy
Could the third time be the charm for Daniil Medvedev in Marseille?

In his third main draw appearance at the Open 13 Provence, the Russian star will have a chance to win his first title at the ATP 250. Medvedev led Matthew Ebden 6-4, 3-0, 40/15 when the Australian retired due to injury.

It was a competitive match in the early going, with Ebden’s aggressive play and frequent serve-and-volleying putting the top seed off his game at times. But Medvedev, who saved three break points in the opener, broke for 5-4 and never looked back.

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After that game, Ebden left the court for a medical timeout, and his movement was severely limited from there. The qualifier, who is No. 287 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, was the lowest-ranked semi-finalist in tournament history by nearly 100 spots.

Medvedev will play a home favourite, Ugo Humbert or Pierre-Hugues Herbert, on Sunday for the title. The Russian is pursuing his first individual title of the season after leading his country to ATP Cup glory in February.

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Medvedev will climb to a career-high No. 2 in the FedEx ATP Rankings on Monday, becoming the first player outside the Big Four — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray — to hold a top two spot since July 2005 (Lleyton Hewitt).

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Deklaracja gotowości na finał z pierwszej ręki.
Ze specjalną dedykacją dla @DUN I LOVE

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Jeden krok został do dwucyfrowej liczby tytułów.

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Daniil's Directive: 'Don't Try This At Home!'

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The Russian reflects on his unorthodox strokes

If there’s one word that does not describe Daniil Medvedev’s game, it’s “orthodox”. The Russian star made light of that on social media Saturday after advancing to the Open 13 Provence final.

Medvedev posted a picture of his legs twisted up with his back bent over as he hit a backhand. The top seed captioned his tweet: “People call me an elegant player. #yogafail”


“Definitely when I play on the court, I don’t think [of] how I’m going to put my legs just before the shot, I just try to put [the ball] in,” Medvedev said. “When I saw this picture, it was quite funny because many people can break their legs trying to do this at home. There should be a disclaimer: ‘Don’t try this at home.’ I thought it was funny to post about it.”

Whether his strokes look typical or not, Medvedev has had plenty of success with his game. On Monday, he will climb to a career-high World No. 2, becoming the first player outside the Big Four of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray to hold a top two spot since Lleyton Hewitt in July 2005.

“I’m definitely first of all happy about it. It’s a really cool achievement,” Medvedev said. “This moment is going to be [me climbing to] No. 2, which is really cool, especially knowing that other than the Big Four there were not so many people in the past years [there]. [That] makes me happy about this achievement, but of course as soon as you touch something new you want to go higher and higher.”

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Medvedev will try to win his first individual title of the season on Sunday when he takes on Pierre-Hugues Herbert for the Marseille trophy. Although the top seed is Russian, he is plenty comfortable in France.

On Saturday, Medvedev conducted his on-court interview in French. As a teen, he moved to France to train, and his longtime coach is Frenchman Gilles Cervara.

“I learned just a little bit [of French] before coming to France, so I didn’t know a lot of words and I couldn’t talk at all,” Medvedev said. “I knew just the basics to actually understand some things because if you come from zero and you just listen to people talk, I don’t think it’s the same when you know a little bit about the language and then you listen to people talking.”

Medvedev quickly picked up the language because of all the Frenchmen around him. Today he communicates in French with Cervara, French players, Belgian David Goffin and Swiss Stan Wawrinka.

“Just step by step [I’m] improving the language and I don’t think I am very easy with the languages, but I definitely have a small talent,” Medvedev said. “Since I speak already three languages and I feel like my English and French are not bad.”

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Z dedykacją dla @DUN I LOVE. La Decima.

[Bombardiero]

@DUN I LOVE jeszcze fotki z dzisiaj. Danił uradowany.

[DUN I LOVE]

Piękna chwila dla całego Danilismo.

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[Bombardiero]

Danił with love for @DUN I LOVE

[DUN I LOVE]

Celebracja godna wyczyny. Jak zwykle.

[Kamileki]

Zwycięstwo na chłodno smakuje najlepiej.

[Bombardiero]

Danił podnosi puchar, a @DUN I LOVE na duchu!

[Kamileki]

Tak patrzę to w okresie 3 lat i 2 miesiący Daniił ugrał te dziesięć turniejów - a była w tym czasie przecież półroczna przerwa kowidowa. Jeśli dalej będzie kontynuował swój marsz to dwudziestka powinna wpaść za 2.5-3 lata.

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Open13 Provence Twitter

R1 wolna runda
R2 Jegor Gierasimow 62 64
QF [5] Jannik Sinner 62 64
SF [Q] Matthew Ebden 64 30 i krecz
W Pierre-Hugues Herbert 64 67(4) 64

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Całkiem niezłą kolekcję ma Danił*

* Oczywiście wszystko to c***a warte.

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Zworek dalej ma więcej, a jest rok młodszy.