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Medvedev To Monfils & Murray: 'I'm The Happiest Man In The World'

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Nitto ATP Finals champion joins the stars' Twitch stream
Straight after Daniil Medvedev left the trophy ceremony in celebration of his Nitto ATP Finals victory, his first stop was joining Gael Monfils and Andy Murray’s Twitch stream. It’s safe to say the Russian was thrilled after capturing the biggest title of his career.

“It’s just unbelievable, because it’s 10 matches I’ve won in a row and two of the biggest tournaments at the end of the year. I remember my first match against [Kevin] Anderson in Paris where he retired at 5/2 in the tie-break. I couldn’t put one return in the court. I was sometimes on the ball, but it was going 10 metres out and in my mind I was like, ‘I’m playing so bad right now. I’m playing so bad,’” Medvedev said. “Then just by fighting, by keeping in the matches I started to raise my level and just played unbelievable.

“Today was probably the best victory of my life, not in terms even of the title, in terms of the match. To beat Dominic when he is playing like this, he is really tough. I think he actually likes the way I play, so it was really tough mentally. I’m just the happiest man in the world at this moment.”

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Murray was quite amused that Medvedev did not show emotions after championship point, also adding that he noticed the 24-year-old’s coach, Gilles Cervara, didn’t get overly excited either.

“My coach can have emotions, but I think they maybe turned the camera when it was the wrong moment,” Medvedev said. “But also when I don’t have emotions, it’s tough for him. He’s alone there, and he will not be screaming alone.”

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Medvedev said that the lack of celebration doesn’t mean he’s not pumped.

“It started last year at the US Open more or less when I had some problems with the crowd. I think every player at one moment in his career decides maybe one thing special he wants to do [with his] tennis, something like this,” Medvedev said. “I know how to keep my emotions, not all the time, [as] especially the bad ones are tough to control. But I know how to control them and [that] lets me [do] this thing.

“They showed the 12 winners of the London [Nitto ATP] Finals. Everybody was lying on the ground, crying, screaming. And me they couldn’t even show the celebration. They just showed how we shook hands… if they would just show me walking, it would be stupid. In a way, it’s special. I know it’s not in any way cocky, I don’t try to be cocky or anything. But [it’s] just my style that I will keep for all my career.”

The first-time season finale champion was quick to point out that off the court, he has celebrated plenty. He turned his attention to Monfils.

“One of my best victories in my life is also when I beat you 3-0 in FIFA!” Medvedev said, as the Frenchman began laughing hysterically. “[That was] something special. I was celebrating, I was not even calm there. I was celebrating, Andy! I was celebrating this.”

“He’s always telling me he’s the best on the Tour on PlayStation and he’s unbelievable,” Murray said. “But I know about 10 people who have killed him!”

“Daniil I will get you back, no worries brother,” Monfils said as he continued to laugh.

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[Damian]

Medvedev: ‘It Was The Toughest Victory In My Life’

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Russian reflects on title run at season finale

With eight ATP Tour titles, including three ATP Masters 1000 triumphs, Daniil Medvedev entered his maiden Nitto ATP Finals championship match on Sunday with an already stellar list of career achievements. But after winning his biggest title to date at The O2 with a comeback win against Dominic Thiem, the Russian ranked his ninth final victory as the toughest match of his career.

The World No. 4 had already beaten the top two players in the FedEx ATP Rankings — Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal — en route to the championship match, but it was his win against the Austrian that the 24-year-old will be most proud of when he looks back on his title run in years to come.

”It was the toughest victory in my life because Dominic is a really tough player to play,” said Medvedev. “I think today he was at his best… That's what I felt during the match. He was really close to winning it [in the] second set. I managed to stay there. I felt in the third set that I was really tired physically, for sure, but I felt like he started to miss some balls, he started to run a little bit slower because he was tired.

”To make Dominic tired in a three-set match, not a five-set, I think is a great achievement. All these small things, Dominic is playing as [of] today [as] one of the best players in the history [of the sport], not yet maybe by the titles and Grand Slams, but as I say, playing [with the form of] today.”


Medvedev’s win against Thiem made history at the Nitto ATP Finals. No player had defeated the top three players in a single edition of the tournament until Sunday. The Russian is only the fourth player, alongside Boris Becker (1994 Stockholm), Djokovic (2007 Montreal) and David Nalbandian (2007 Madrid), to achieve the feat at any event since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990.

”It is amazing [to beat the Top 3 here]… In the group I beat Novak, then Rafa in the semi-finals and Dominic in the final, [the] best players in the world… [It] means a lot,” said Medvedev. “[It] shows what I'm capable of when I'm playing good, when I'm feeling good mentally, physically. I know what I'm capable of. I just need to produce it more and more and hopefully more matches like this.”

Medvedev’s title run provided a fitting end to London’s 12-year reign as the host city of the season finale. The first edition held in London in 2009 was won by his countryman Nikolay Davydenko, who commentated on the 2020 final for Russian TV. Medvedev was happy to follow in his idol’s footsteps and end the last chapter of the event in London in the same way the story began at The O2: with a Russian holding the trophy.

”[Starting and finishing London with Russian champions] is super cool. I actually didn't know, but Nikolay Davydenko commented on my match on Russian TV. He was a commentator during this match, and then I managed to talk to him just after the match,” said Medvedev.

”I was so surprised and so happy because he was one of my idols when I was growing up when I was actually already starting to play tennis not so bad, he was there and he was playing unbelievable.”

<a href='/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'>Daniil Medvedev</a> is the undefeated 2020 <a href='/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'>Nitto ATP Finals</a> champion.

Just one month ago, Medvedev was far away from the form that saw him win 10 consecutive matches to sweep titles at the Rolex Paris Masters and the Nitto ATP Finals. The Moscow-native, who beat seven Top 10 players across the two events, arrived in Paris with just three wins from his past eight matches. Medvedev was also searching for his first trophy in 13 months.

”The tournaments I played before [Paris], they were not bad. I was playing good tennis… I lost to Reilly Opelka in St. Petersburg… Same in Vienna, playing Kevin Anderson, tough, tough opponent, which I had in Paris-Bercy… In Paris, I just was fighting. I was fighting in Vienna and St. Petersburg also and I knew [my level] might come back but maybe not this year. Finally, it was the case in Paris. I started playing better, started playing amazing, I should say.”

”When you have this sort of confidence, you just need to know how to keep it. And I think I do know how to do it, especially looking back at last year also where I had six finals in a row. So now the question is how to find it faster sometimes.”


Medvedev will be aiming to carry the confidence he has found over the past few weeks into the 2021 ATP Tour season. The Russian, alongside two-time runner-up Thiem, will be hoping to continue his successful run and put even greater pressure on Djokovic and Nadal at the top of the FedEx ATP Rankings.

Medvedev and Thiem became the first players since Roger Federer in 2010 to beat Djokovic and Nadal in the same edition of the Nitto ATP Finals this week. The question for both players will be whether they can gain similar success against the two dominant forces of the past decade next year.

”My level of game here, especially [in] the last two matches I won [was] just unbelievable. It can give me a lot for my future career,” said Medvedev. “To beat Dominic the way he played today and to manage to beat him is probably my best victory of my life. Not even talking about the title itself. I mean, to win the Nitto ATP Finals, being undefeated, honestly I know I can play good, but I would not believe it if you would tell me this before the tournament. So [this is] a great boost of confidence for all the Slams coming up and all the tournaments. Hopefully I can continue this way.”

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Tak Danił przywitał nowy dzień.

[Kamileki]

@DUN I LOVE Daniił dogonił Dawidienkę w liczbie dużych tytułów. Dokładnie ten sam zestaw - trzy Mastersy oraz ATP Finals (nie zapominając jednak, że Premier zrobił to w znacznie bardziej legendarnym stylu bo bez porażki i przecież ograne 1, 2 i 3 rakiety świata). Kwestia czasu jak osiągnięcia będą po stronie Premiera co nie @Emu ?

[Kamileki]

Bilans aktywnych tenisistów z top 10: Daniił już się ustawił za Murrayem (a gdyby kogoś zastanawiał brak słynnego mistrza Szlemowego i ulubieńca publiczności czyli Marinka Czilicza to nadmienię, że nie mieści się on w skali i zajmuje 21 miejsce
z porażającym odsetkiem wygranych: 28.45 %) . Delpo nie wliczałem bo niestety aktywny to on za bardzo już nie jest - 40.5 % wygranych ma Argentyńczyk.

[Damian]

WhatsApp and Formula 1: Medvedev’s First 24 Hours As Nitto ATP Finals Champion

Spoiler:

Russian reflects on the biggest title run of his career

Over the past week at The O2 in London, Daniil Medvedev won each of his five matches and became the first player in Nitto ATP Finals history to beat the top three players in the FedEx ATP Rankings at the same edition of the tournament.

The Russian was rewarded with the biggest trophy of his career, 1,500 FedEx ATP Rankings points and $1,564,000 in prize money. As a result of his milestone victory, the World No. 4 was also flooded with messages on his phone and social media accounts. The win did come at a price for Medvedev, who revealed on Monday morning that he only managed to managed to get two hours of sleep.

“I didn’t sleep so much. There were a lot of things going on. I did reply to most of my messages, all of them on WhatsApp and most of them on other social media [platforms], which takes some time after a big win like this” said Medvedev. “I even managed to play a little bit of Formula 1 here in the hotel. It was a busy night. I celebrated with my coach after the match [and] did all the media things. I got a good two hours of sleep.”

With so many messages from family, friends and fans across the world. Medvedev spent a large portion of his time on Sunday night replying to the people closest to him. During his time at The O2, he was accompanied only by his coach, Gilles Cervara.

“ my wife [and] my family first, my closest friends and my team. I just tried to give them a head's up, something like a photo with the cup or something like this,” said Medvedev. “Then I took it step-by-step and just went up and down to say thank you to everybody for the nice messages they sent me yesterday.”


With just his coach by his side in London, Medvedev took a moment to reflect on his strong bond with Cervara. The Frenchman was voted by his peers as 2019 Coach Of The Year in the ATP Awards. Medvedev entered the Rolex Paris Masters earlier this month with just three wins from his past eight matches, seeking his first final appearance in 13 months, but through the good times and the bad times, Medvedev and Cervara continued to work towards their common goal: making Medvedev a better player each day.

“We are trying to improve all the time,” said Medvedev. “Like any relationship between coach and player, we can have our tough moments [and] our good moments. Sometimes I will not be playing good, I will not be happy with myself, he will not be happy with me or himself sometimes. Maybe he will think he is doing something wrong, I will think that I am doing something wrong. It is completely normal. It is a part of our sport. That is why people love sport. That is why we compete. We are trying to work every day to make me a better tennis player. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.”

During the ATP Tour suspension due to COVID-19, Medvedev and his wife spent two months sharing a house with Cervara, his wife and his dog so he could continue to practise on a private tennis court. So while sharing his life on the ATP Tour with just his coach in a bubble environment has been an adjustment, it has not been an entirely unfamiliar experience. In fact, the reduced size of his team has helped him to concentrate on his game.

“The more people [that are] around me, the more I can get disturbed,” said Medvedev. “My team knows it and my team respects it because they want me to play as good as I can. We try to do the best about this. Here we could see big teams for everybody. I was just with my coach. In the bubble, we try to stay together, we try to get some good laughs, try to practise good and finally we clinched the tournament together.”


One of the defining features of Medvedev’s game in London was his mental strength. The Russian was one game from defeat as Rafael Nadal served to eliminate the Moscow-native in the semi-finals and Medvedev trailed Thiem by a set in the championship match.

“Inside of me, there is a winner that maybe sometimes is a bit childish, but wants to win every match he plays," said Medvedev. "That is why when I am not playing good, I can be angry [with] myself for this, because that is why I lose matches. That is also part of my success, why I am where I am, but I am working hard because I know that the more calm you are, the most focussed you are on the goal, the better it is for [my] tennis.”

Medvedev has certainly mastered the art of keeping calm after converting match points. The 24-year-old made the decision last year to adopt a unique signature celebration: the non-celebration. While some fans may not like the Russian’s lack of emotion in milestone moments, Medvedev took the time to explain the thought process behind his decision.

“Last year I just decided that it is going to be my trademark,” said Medvedev. “A lot of people like it, some [do] not, but that is how I feel… When there are huge crowds when you win a big title or big matches against big opponents and you don’t celebrate, you actually have the opportunity to look around you and feel all the energy that is going around. All of this energy is for you. If you win a match, all of the applause goes to you. As an artist, as a tennis player, you can feel it all if you think about it.”

If Medvedev wants to rise further in the FedEx ATP Rankings in 2021, he will need to find a way to sustain his current momentum across an entire season and find a way to win on days when he is not at his best level. It is a skill that Djokovic, Nadal and Roger Federer have mastered throughout their careers.

“After my victory here against Novak, I felt that he didn’t play his best tennis against me. But the thing is that even when he doesn’t play his best tennis, to beat him is so tough. I was happy about the win and that is why [the Big Three] are the best,” said Medvedev. “You can see some Grand Slam matches, even when they won the tournament, where they were not at their best but they were capable of clinching it in four sets… and then throughout the tournament they play better and better. They are the three best tennis players in the history of our sport.”

With seven Top 10 wins in his past 10 victories, there is no doubt that Medvedev can beat anyone on his day. The challenge will be making those days more frequent. With the support of his coach and the off-season in full swing, Medvedev will be fully focussed on making that goal a reality in 2021.

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Tenis. Danił Miedwiediew 25. mistrzem ATP Finals. Rosjanin dołączył do panteonu sław

Spoiler:

W meczu o tytuł ATP Finals 2020 Danił Miedwiediew w trzech setach pokonał Dominika Thiema. Rosjanin został 25. mistrzem w dziejach tego turnieju.
Marcin Motyka
Marcin Motyka
22 Listopada 2020, 23:33

Danił Miedwiediew, mistrz ATP Finals 2020
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Tenis. ATP Finals: Danił Miedwiediew ostatnim mistrzem w Londynie. Dominic Thiem ponownie pokonany w finale
W zeszłym sezonie w swoim debiucie w ATP Finals Danił Miedwiediew przegrał wszystkie mecze. Przed startem tegorocznej edycji zapewnił, że na pewno spisze się lepiej. Słowa dotrzymał. Co więcej, zakończył turniej bez ani jednej porażki.
Przez fazę grupową Rosjanin przeszedł jak burza, nie tracąc żadnego seta. Pokonał Alexandra Zvereva (6:3, 6:4), Novaka Djokovicia (6:3, 6:3) i Diego Schwartzmana (6:3, 6:3). W półfinale wygrał 3:6, 7:6(4), 6:3 z Rafaelem Nadalem. Z kolei w finale po niesamowitej batalii okazał się lepszy od Dominika Thiema [4:6, 7:6(2), 6:4].


Tym samym Miedwiediew został 25. mistrzem w sięgającej 1970 roku historii tego turnieju. Stał się też drugim w dziejach rosyjskim triumfatorem Finałów ATP Tour, po Nikołaju Dawidience, zwycięzcy z sezonu 2009.

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Moskwianin dołączył do panteonu sław. Finały ATP Tour wygrywali bowiem najwięksi tenisiści ostatnich 50. lat. Rekordzistą w liczbie triumfów jest Roger Federer (sześć). W klasyfikacji wszech czasów Szwajcar wyprzedza Novaka Djokovicia, Ivana Lendla i Pete'a Samprasa, którzy zdobyli po pięć tytułów.

Triumfatorzy Finałów ATP Tour:

Liczba tytułów Tenisista (kraj)
6 Roger Federer (Szwajcaria)
5 Ivan Lendl (Czechosłowacja/USA), Pete Sampras (USA), Novak Djoković (Serbia)
4 Ilie Nastase (Rumunia)
3 John McEnroe (USA), Boris Becker (Niemcy)
2 Bjoern Borg (Szwecja), Lleyton Hewitt (Australia)
1 Stan Smith (USA), Guillermo Vilas (Argentyna), Manuel Orantes (Hiszpania), Jimmy Connors (USA), Stefan Edberg (Szwecja), Andre Agassi (USA), Michael Stich (Niemcy), Alex Corretja (Hiszpania), Gustavo Kuerten (Brazylia), David Nalbandian (Argentyna), Nikołaj Dawidienko (Rosja), Andy Murray (Wielka Brytania), Grigor Dimitrow (Bułgaria), Alexander Zverev (Niemcy), Stefanos Tsitsipas (Grecja), Danił Miedwiediew (Rosja)

Po sezonach 2010-15, kiedy w ATP Finals zwyciężali jedynie Federer i Djoković, tegoroczna edycja jest piątą kolejną, która przyniosła nowego mistrza. Po Andym Murrayu, Grigorze Dimitrowie, Alexandrze Zverevie i Stefanosie Tsitsipasie na liście triumfatorów pojawiło się nazwisko Daniła Miedwiediewa.

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[Damian]

Tenis. Danił Miedwiediew zwycięzcą ATP Finals. "Najtrudniej wywalczone zwycięstwo w moim życiu"

Spoiler:

- To najtrudniej wywalczone zwycięstwo w moim życiu. Podczas meczu czułem, że Dominic gra na swoim najlepszym poziomie - mówił Danił Miedwiediew po pokonaniu Dominika Thiema w pojedynku o tytuł ATP Finals 2020.
Marcin Motyka
Marcin Motyka
23 Listopada 2020, 07:11

Danił Miedwiediew, mistrz ATP Finals 2020
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Tenis. ATP Finals: Wesley Koolhof i Nikola Mektić najlepsi w deblu. Juergen Melzer i Edouard Roger-Vasselin zatrzymani
Danił Miedwiediew został zwycięzcą ostatniego turnieju w głównym cyklu w 2020 roku - ATP Finals. W niedzielnym meczu o tytuł po ponad dwuipółgodzinnej batalii pokonał 4:6, 7:6(2), 6:4 Dominika Thiema.
- To najtrudniej wywalczone zwycięstwo w moim życiu - przyznał podczas konferencji prasowej, cytowany przez atptour.com. - Podczas meczu czułem, że Dominic gra na swoim najlepszym poziomie. Był bliski wygranej w drugim secie, ale udało mi się utrzymać w grze. W trzeciej partii byłem już naprawdę zmęczony, ale miałem poczucie, że on też, bo zaczął popełniać więcej błędów i wolniej poruszał się po korcie.


W drodze po tytuł Miedwiediew pokonał trzech aktualnie najwyżej notowanych w rankingu singlistów świata - Novaka Djokovicia (ATP 1) w fazie grupowej, Rafaela Nadala (ATP 2) w półfinale i Thiema (ATP 3) w finale. Został czwartym od 1990 roku zawodnikiem, który w jednym turnieju ograł trzech graczy z Top 3, po Borisie Beckerze (Sztokholm 1994), Djokoviciu (Montreal 2007) i Davidzie Nalbandianie (Madryt 2007).

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- To niesamowite osiągnięcie, które wiele dla mnie znaczy - wyjawił. - To pokazuje, do czego jestem zdolny, kiedy gram i czuję się dobrze.

Miedwiediew został drugim rosyjskim triumfatorem ATP Finals. W 2009 roku po tytuł sięgnął Nikołaj Dawidienko, również w Londynie. - Nikołaj komentował finał w rosyjskiej telewizji i po meczu udało nam się porozmawiać. Byłem tym zaskoczony i zadowolony, bo on był jednym z moich idoli. Grał niewiarygodnie - powiedział.


Moskwianin triumfował w turnieju jako tenisista niepokonany. - Zwłaszcza w dwóch ostatnich meczach mój poziom był niewiarygodny. Pokonanie Dominika, biorąc pod uwagę sposób, w jaki zagrałem w niedzielę, to prawdopodobnie moje największe zwycięstwo w karierze. Pomijając zdobycie tytułu, gdyby przed turniejem ktoś powiedział mi, że wygram tutaj jako niepokonany, nie uwierzyłbym - podkreślił.

- Ten triumf daje mi wzrost pewności siebie przed kolejnymi turniejami wielkoszlemowymi. Mam nadzieję, że będę mógł to kontynuować - dodał.

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[Damian]

Mellow Medvedev: Low Key 'My Trademark'

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New Nitto ATP Finals champion reveals why he prefers a muted celebration

Over the past week at The O2 in London, Daniil Medvedev won each of his five matches and became the first player in Nitto ATP Finals history to beat the top three players in the FedEx ATP Rankings at the same edition of the tournament.

The Russian was rewarded with the biggest trophy of his career, 1,500 FedEx ATP Rankings points and $1,564,000 in prize money. As a result of his milestone victory, the World No. 4 was also flooded with messages on his phone and social media accounts. The win did come at a price for Medvedev, who revealed on Monday morning that he only managed to managed to get two hours of sleep.

“I didn’t sleep so much. There were a lot of things going on. I did reply to most of my messages, all of them on WhatsApp and most of them on other social media [platforms], which takes some time after a big win like this” said Medvedev. “I even managed to play a little bit of Formula 1 here in the hotel. It was a busy night. I celebrated with my coach after the match [and] did all the media things. I got a good two hours of sleep.”

With so many messages from family, friends and fans across the world. Medvedev spent a large portion of his time on Sunday night replying to the people closest to him. During his time at The O2, he was accompanied only by his coach, Gilles Cervara.

“ my wife [and] my family first, my closest friends and my team. I just tried to give them a head's up, something like a photo with the cup or something like this,” said Medvedev. “Then I took it step-by-step and just went up and down to say thank you to everybody for the nice messages they sent me yesterday.”


With just his coach by his side in London, Medvedev took a moment to reflect on his strong bond with Cervara. The Frenchman was voted by his peers as 2019 Coach Of The Year in the ATP Awards. Medvedev entered the Rolex Paris Masters earlier this month with just three wins from his past eight matches, seeking his first final appearance in 13 months, but through the good times and the bad times, Medvedev and Cervara continued to work towards their common goal: making Medvedev a better player each day.

“We are trying to improve all the time,” said Medvedev. “Like any relationship between coach and player, we can have our tough moments [and] our good moments. Sometimes I will not be playing good, I will not be happy with myself, he will not be happy with me or himself sometimes. Maybe he will think he is doing something wrong, I will think that I am doing something wrong. It is completely normal. It is a part of our sport. That is why people love sport. That is why we compete. We are trying to work every day to make me a better tennis player. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.”

During the ATP Tour suspension due to COVID-19, Medvedev and his wife spent two months sharing a house with Cervara, his wife and his dog so he could continue to practise on a private tennis court. So while sharing his life on the ATP Tour with just his coach in a bubble environment has been an adjustment, it has not been an entirely unfamiliar experience. In fact, the reduced size of his team has helped him to concentrate on his game.

“The more people [that are] around me, the more I can get disturbed,” said Medvedev. “My team knows it and my team respects it because they want me to play as good as I can. We try to do the best about this. Here we could see big teams for everybody. I was just with my coach. In the bubble, we try to stay together, we try to get some good laughs, try to practise good and finally we clinched the tournament together.”


One of the defining features of Medvedev’s game in London was his mental strength. The Russian was one game from defeat as Rafael Nadal served to eliminate the Moscow-native in the semi-finals and Medvedev trailed Thiem by a set in the championship match.

“Inside of me, there is a winner that maybe sometimes is a bit childish, but wants to win every match he plays," said Medvedev. "That is why when I am not playing good, I can be angry [with] myself for this, because that is why I lose matches. That is also part of my success, why I am where I am, but I am working hard because I know that the more calm you are, the most focussed you are on the goal, the better it is for [my] tennis.”

Medvedev has certainly mastered the art of keeping calm after converting match points. The 24-year-old made the decision last year to adopt a unique signature celebration: the non-celebration. While some fans may not like the Russian’s lack of emotion in milestone moments, Medvedev took the time to explain the thought process behind his decision.

“Last year I just decided that it is going to be my trademark,” said Medvedev. “A lot of people like it, some [do] not, but that is how I feel… When there are huge crowds when you win a big title or big matches against big opponents and you don’t celebrate, you actually have the opportunity to look around you and feel all the energy that is going around. All of this energy is for you. If you win a match, all of the applause goes to you. As an artist, as a tennis player, you can feel it all if you think about it.”

If Medvedev wants to rise further in the FedEx ATP Rankings in 2021, he will need to find a way to sustain his current momentum across an entire season and find a way to win on days when he is not at his best level. It is a skill that Djokovic, Nadal and Roger Federer have mastered throughout their careers.

“After my victory here against Novak, I felt that he didn’t play his best tennis against me. But the thing is that even when he doesn’t play his best tennis, to beat him is so tough. I was happy about the win and that is why [the Big Three] are the best,” said Medvedev. “You can see some Grand Slam matches, even when they won the tournament, where they were not at their best but they were capable of clinching it in four sets… and then throughout the tournament they play better and better. They are the three best tennis players in the history of our sport.”

With seven Top 10 wins in his past 10 victories, there is no doubt that Medvedev can beat anyone on his day. The challenge will be making those days more frequent. With the support of his coach and the off-season in full swing, Medvedev will be fully focussed on making that goal a reality in 2021.

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