Daniił Miedwiediew

[Damian]

Daniil Not Done: Medvedev Striving For Success

Spoiler:

The Russian won his first ATP World Tour title in Sydney
Daniil Medvedev, who qualified for the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan last year, did not get off to the best start in 2018. The Russian began his season at an ATP Challenger Tour event in Playford, Australia, where he lost in the first round against World No. 379 Marinko Matosevic.

“It was very disappointing to start the year like this, because I went to the Challenger event to get some matches,” Medvedev told ATPWorldTour.com. “We knew it happens in tennis. The guy played a very good match. There will always be losses. So I just knew I had to be ready for the next one.”

The 21-year-old was more than ready, as he cruised through qualifying before winning his maiden ATP World Tour title at the Sydney International. The championship match against 18-year-old Alex de Minaur was the youngest final since Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic at the 2007 BNP Paribas Open.


But Medvedev almost did not play the event at all. The right-hander was the first alternate at the ASB Classic in Auckland, where the lowest-ranked entrant in the main draw, Guido Pella, was just one spot ahead of him in the ATP Rankings. Medvedev preferred to compete in Auckland since his girlfriend had a visa to meet him in New Zealand.

But Medvedev’s coach — Gilles Cervara — told his charge on Friday right before Sydney qualifying that he should be ready to go while the 21-year-old still held out hope of gaining entry into the other tournament.

“Come on Daniil, nobody will withdraw from Auckland. We have to be ready to play here and I know you’re going to play well here because you’re going to pass the qualies and make a good tournament,” Medvedev remembers his coach telling him.

“So at the end of the tournament I told him, ‘I told you I would play good here, you didn’t believe me’!”

But while Medvedev was excited about claiming his first tour-level trophy, the reality is that those feelings do not last forever and in this case, they did not even last a week.

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“It’s very tough because the first feeling is you’re very happy for a few days, you still have the happiness inside of you,” Medvedev said. “But then it’s finished because you have the next tournament, the Australian Open. [You] kind of forget about it and as soon as you lose your next match you’re already sad about it. So it’s not really in my mind, I just try to play match by match.”

Medvedev lost five days later in the second round at Melbourne Park against eventual semi-finalist Hyeon Chung.

But he has still come a long way. One of the three under-22 Russians with an ATP World Tour title (Rublev, Khachanov), Medvedev says that at 10 years old, he never imagined being a professional tennis player inside the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings.

“I thought tennis was more like a hobby for me,” Medvedev recalled. “To be in the Australian Open juniors [in 2013] for me was already a great achievement that I admired at this moment. But I just continued working because since I’ve been 16 [when] I completely committed myself to being a professional tennis player.”

And it has certainly worked out thus far. Medvedev advanced to his first ATP World Tour final last year in Chennai and soared into the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings for the first time in July. He has made the quarter-finals or better at ATP World Tour events 10 times already. But with that being said, Medvedev wants to keep improving.

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“I’m very happy with it,” Medvedev said, “But at the same time I see other guys my age stronger than me at this moment making some better results, so I just want to improve day by day and get better in the rankings.”

The World No. 56, who says he is happy to have more flexibility with his scheduling thanks to the Sydney title, faces a stiff challenge to begin his campaign this week in Montpellier, where he faces three-time event winner Richard Gasquet in the first round.

Has the title changed his mindset entering this tournament?

“Not at all,” Medvedev said. “Some people sometimes try to remind you about this and it’s funny, but here I know that I play Gasquet, who has been in the final five times here, three times the champion. So I know that to win I will need to be at my best.

“Winning Sydney does not help me a lot in this match.”

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/med ... llier-2018

[DUN I LOVE]

Daniił 11 lutego skończył 22 lata. Najlepszego chłopie, obyś dalej zarażał młodych ludzi grą i oglądaniem tenisa!

Dziś Rosjanin wygrał w Rotterdamie swój 37. zawodowy mecz (37-33).

[Barty]

obyś dalej zarażał młodych ludzi grą i oglądaniem tenisa!

Błagam, ludzie przestaną oglądać tenis po zobaczeniu Daniiła w akcji.

[DUN I LOVE]

Widząc, że odpisujesz w dziale zawodniczym, do ostatnich chwila miałem nadzieję, że jednak wybrałeś temat Djokovicia.

[Robertinho]

obyś dalej zarażał młodych ludzi grą i oglądaniem tenisa!

Błagam, ludzie przestaną oglądać tenis po zobaczeniu Daniiła w akcji.

Nie za długo się znamy, żebyś się dawał łapać na dawisiowy trolling? Mnie od tygodnia spamuje o jakimś plebie Fourcade, licząc chyba na reakcję.

[DUN I LOVE]

Akurat ja jestem fanem Fourcarde'a, ale ostatnio zczaiłem, że Ty chyba nie.

Barty, czy na pewno mocny rosyjski tenis nie jest światu potrzebny?

[Robertinho]

Akurat ja jestem fanem Fourcarde'a, ale ostatnio zczaiłem, że Ty chyba nie.

Ja po prostu od kilku lat nie interesuję się już biathlonem.


Nie, Dawidzie, nie jest. Tj. jakaś nowa zdrowa ..., na pewno by nie zaszkodziła, natomiast kolejne klony o niebywale inteligentny wyrazie twarzy i stylu gry, to już jakby mniej.

[Barty]

To jest taki pół-trolling, jak dla mnie.
Przecież on go naprawdę lubi, ale oczywiście jest świadom piękna gry.

I zgadzam się, siła ze wschodu jak najbardziej by się przydała, ale już prędzej w formie Rublewów, a nie Medvedewów czy Kuzcenowów.

[Damian]

Indian Wells 18: pierwszy wygrany mecz M-1000.

Daniił Miedwiediew (RUS) d. Steve Johnson (USA) 7-6(0) 6-4

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Aż się nie chce wierzyć, że dopiero teraz.

[Barty]

Daniil Medvedev improved to 3-0 against Steve Johnson of the U.S. in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series. The 22-year-old Russian struck 10 aces to advance 7-6(0), 6-4 and will next face Aussie Nick Kyrgios, the 17th seed.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/sha ... 8-thursday

[DUN I LOVE]

Daniił lepszy od Tsitsipasa w Miami. Nie chce się wierzyć, ale to dopiero 3. wygrany mecz Rosjanina w turnieju M-1000.

[Damian]

Another rising star who earned a victory Thursday was 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals qualifier Daniil Medvedev, who recovered from an early deficit to battle past #NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. He sets up a second-round match against No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev, against whom he has never won a set in two previous FedEx ATP Head2Head meetings. This year's Sydney champion, Medvedev, had lost all five of his main-draw matches at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events before reaching the third round at the BNP Paribas Open.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/sha ... 8-thursday

[Damian]

ATP Monte Carlo: Karen Chaczanow pokonał Thanasiego Kokkinakisa. Danił Miedwiediew poszedł śladem kolegi

Spoiler:

Karen Chaczanow w dwóch setach pokonał Thanasiego Kokkinakisa w I rundzie rozgrywanego na kortach ziemnych turnieju ATP World Tour Masters 1000 w Monte Carlo. Do II rundy awansowali też Mischa Zverev i Danił Miedwiediew.

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Gdy najlepsi tenisiści świata przyjeżdżają do Monte Carlo, to znak, że rozpoczyna się tzw. "europejski" sezon gry na kortach ziemnych. Ten okres tradycyjnie inauguruje rozgrywany na przepięknie położonych kortach Monte-Carlo Country Clubu turniej ATP Masters 1000 w Monte Carlo.
W meczu otwarcia Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2018 doszło do starcia dwóch niezwykle utalentowanych tenisistów. Mający w dorobku już dwa tytuły głównego cyklu 21-letni Karen Chaczanow zmierzył się z 22-latkiem Thanasim Kokkinakisem, który przed miesiącem w Miami pokonał Rogera Federera. Młodzi-gniewni stoczyli bardzo ciekawe widowisko, z którego zwycięsko wyszedł Chaczanow. Rosjanin pokonał Australijczyka 7:5, 6:4.

Moskwianin w ciągu godziny i 50 minut nie musiał bronić ani jednej piłki na przełamanie. Sam natomiast wykorzystał dwa z 13 break pointów, a dodatkowo zapisał na swoim koncie pięć asów i 82 z 153 punktów rozegranych w całym meczu. W II rundzie Chaczanow zmierzy się z Francuzem - Gillesem Simonem bądź z Adrianem Mannarino.

W ślady kolegi z reprezentacji poszedł Danił Miedwiediew. 22-latek, mieszkaniec Monte Carlo, w ostatnim niedzielnym pojedynku wygrał 6:7(4), 6:2, 7:5 z Martonem Fucsovicsem, czterokrotnie przełamując podanie rywala.

Również Mischa Zverev zameldował się już w II rundzie. 30-letni Niemiec ograł 6:2, 6:7(4), 6:1 młodszego o 13 lat posiadacza dzikiej karty Felixa Augera-Aliassime'a i w kolejnej fazie Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters zmierzy się z Lucasem Pouille'em, turniejową "siódemką".

W niedzielę rozegrano także decydujące mecze kwalifikacji. Awans do głównej drabinki wywalczyli Andreas Seppi, Marco Cecchinato, Dusan Lajović, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Ilja Iwaszka i Jeremy Chardy. Z kolei Florian Mayer i Mirza Basić wystąpią jako tzw. "szczęśliwi przegrani" z eliminacji. Niemiec oraz Bośniak zastąpili kontuzjowanych Ołeksandra Dołgopołowa i Filipa Krajinovicia.

Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, Monte Carlo (Monako)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000, kort ziemny, pula nagród 4,872 mln euro
niedziela, 15 kwietnia


I runda gry pojedynczej:

Danił Miedwiediew (Rosja) - Marton Fucsovics (Węgry) 6:7(4), 6:2, 7:5
Karen Chaczanow (Rosja) - Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia, WC) 7:5, 6:4
Mischa Zverev (Niemcy) - Felix Auger-Aliasime (Kanada, WC) 6:2, 6:7(4), 6:1

wolne losy: Rafael Nadal (Hiszpania, 1); Marin Cilić (Chorwacja, 2); Alexander Zverev (Niemcy, 3); Grigor Dimitrow (Bułgaria, 4); Dominic Thiem (Austria, 5); David Goffin (Belgia, 6); Lucas Pouille (Francja, 7); Pablo Carreno (Hiszpania,

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[Damian]

[Lucas]

Medvedev's New Plan: Fewer Croissants, More Porridge

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Daniil Medvedev thought the life of a tennis player was simple. You played, you either won or lost, and then, during practice on court, you worked on what you needed to improve.

The details of his professional life – his diet, his recovery after matches – the 22-year-old Russian didn't worry about as much.

For instance, if he played at 7 p.m., he might have savoured a couple of panna cottas during lunch and thought nothing of it. Or, for breakfast, Medvedev, who trains in Cannes, France, might have helped himself to a croissant or two.

When it came time to recover after a three-hour match, he acted more like a recreational player then as well. Forget the ice bath; he'd stretch and go to bed.


“I thought it was going to be the best rest, to just lay on the bed and watch some TV. And in fact it's not,” Medvedev told ATPWorldTour.com.

The 6'6” Russian has learned a lot since he turned professional in 2014. But it wasn't as if he was always ignoring the advice of his coaches or trainers – although that has happened a little, too. As a player ranked outside the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings, Medvedev didn't necessarily have the funds to hire staff.

“When you are playing Futures or [ATP] Challengers, you're kind of scared about your future. So you don't spend this money,” said Medvedev, who cracked the Top 100 in November 2016.

But these are different times for the Russian, who reached the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals last year in Milan, where eight of the world's best 21-and-under players competed. He's an ATP World Tour titlist (Sydney 2018), ranked just outside the Top 50, and he's beaten some of the best players in tennis. Last year at Wimbledon, the Russian earned his maiden Grand Slam win against three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka.

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What's changed? Medvedev is taking his tennis more seriously. Fewer croissants, more porridge. “This year I try to work a lot on myself, physically, on all these small aspects... just everything together,” Medvedev said.

Gilles Cervara, Medvedev's coach since May 2014, remembers trying to prepare his player for a match last year. The Russian was practising footwork drills, but he was holding back.

“Dani, you are 100 per cent?” Cervara remembers asking.

“Yeah, I'm 100 per cent,” Medvedev said.

“OK, we don't do it. Because if this is 100 per cent, it's useless. So I prefer that you don't do it,” Cervara said.

Medvedev picked up his level, for the moment. But that's how it was for the coach: He was the one poking and prodding.

“It was tough for me to push him,” Cervara told ATPWorldTour.com. “He didn't care about things. He didn't care what he put into his body... Also he didn't know so well.”

In October, at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the two had a serious discussion about Medvedev's fitness, and at the end of last year, Medvedev started working with physiologist Yann Le Meur, who has worked with French Olympic teams and works with the AS Monaco Football Club.

Twice a day now, the Russian fills out a report on his phone about how he's feeling. The entire team can review the journals and decide what's best for Medvedev in that moment.

Cervara had been wanting to have that discussion earlier, but he waited to bring it up until he felt Medvedev had arrived at a similar thought.

“We knew it for a long time. But we need to do it step by step. At the moment, Daniil was ready to hear that he needs to improve stuff like this,” Cervara said.

Only a few months later, the work translated to on-court success. In January, the Milan semi-finalist won seven consecutive matches, qualifying and winning his first ATP World Tour title at the Sydney International.

“He got a lot confidence from winning this title, just after the pre-season preparation... It shows that it worked straight away. It puts you in the right direction, a better mood,” Cervara said. “But also for him I imagine that to win the first title it's like, 'OK, if I did this, I can do it again, I can beat top players'.”



The best surface for Medvedev's flat groundstrokes, though, might be grass, where he's won 67 per cent of his matches (10/15), according to his FedEx ATP Win/Loss Record. On Monday, he snapped a five-match losing streak at the Libema Open in ’s-Hertogenbosch against Indian Yuki Bhambri.

Last year on grass, Medvedev made the quarter-finals in ’s-Hertogenbosch and at the Fever-Tree Championships in London. He also reached the semi-finals at the Nature Valley International in Eastbourne, before upsetting Wawrinka at The Championships.

“I just want to be as consistent as possible in my game,” Medvedev said. “The way it started, to win Sydney, my first ATP title is actually amazing because I played very good tennis. Also, the very important thing for me is, even when I lose matches to feel like I gave my all, just the opponent was better this match and I couldn't really do anything.”

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/med ... -june-2018

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Pred rokiem Stan, teraz Borna. Kolejny obiecujący początek Wimbledonu w wykonaniu Daniiła.

[Damian]

ATP Firsts: Daniil Medvedev

Spoiler:

Daniil Medvedev discusses the first tennis autograph he received, the first concert he attended and his future plans for a first pet

After winning his maiden tour-level title in his first ATP World Tour event of the season at the Sydney International, Russia's Daniil Medvedev is no stranger to breaking new ground. The 22-year-old, who also entered the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings for the first time in April, recently sat down with ATPWorldTour.com to discuss some more of his first experiences on and off the court:

First pinch-me moment on the ATP World Tour
It was when I reached the final in Chennai. It was my first ATP World Tour final and in this moment I had just got into the Top 100.

First coach and most important lesson she taught me
My first coach was a Russian woman named Ekaterina Kryuchkova and she was amazing. She made me fight until the last point all the time.

First time I was recognised
I think it was in junior tournaments because, even in junior tournaments, you play Grand Slams. Some people took my autograph and they knew me.

First time I travelled abroad
The first I remember was Finland. My parents loved to go to Finland on holidays because it was quite close to Russia. I was four or five years old, I would say, and I won quite a lot of money in the amusement machines.


First concert I visited
It was a 50 Cent concert in Moscow [laughter]. Everybody in Russia was listening to him at that moment. I was around 12 years old.

First prize money purchase
Just as I broke into the Top 100... I was in Bratislava playing a Challenger. I went to Austria which was about 100 kilometres away to one of the biggest outlets and I just bought myself some new clothes.

First autograph I asked for
When I was really young, the woman I practised with also practised with Vera Zvonareva. One time [Vera] came to visit her and give the kids some advice. I got her autograph on a tennis ball.

First time I flew first class
When I was young, we went to Croatia on a holiday and my father, I don't know why, just decided to spend a lot of money. We all flew first class on this holiday and I was about eight years old.

First pet
I have never had a pet. But it will definitely be a dog... as soon as I settle down.

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Wimbledon 2018: trzecia runda WS!


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Borna Corić - check
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Daniił po raz pierwszy w karierze zagra w 3. rundzie turnieju WS!

[Barty]