Daniil Medvedev’s winning gesture in a duel with Novak Djokovic.
Toby Melville, Reuters
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A peculiar Russian, who owned the second part of last season. Do you remember his campaign at the US Open? He pointed a middle finger at the spectators, threw a racket at the referee, then trolled the fans and said how their whistling suited him. Only in the end did he reach the breathtaking final, where he finally gained the respect of some spectators back to his side.
It was extremely stable, no one was better in the fall. In addition to the New York finals, he won a major tournament in Cincinnati, a Masters in Shanghai and also a tournament at home in St. Petersburg. However, he arrived tired at the finals of the season – the London Champions Tournament – no one played more at the end of the year, and in the end he did not even win a prize at the O2 Arena.
Dominant from start to finish ????
Some inspired tennis from @DaniilMedwed against Djokovic!#NittoATPFinals pic.twitter.com/NkbMafWaIM
– Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 18, 2020
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Nevertheless, experts expected that this year the Russian could win one of the Big Four tournaments. But there was a big blow in Australia. At the Australian Open, the tall Medvedev finished in the eighth finals on the racket of veteran Wawrinka and suffered until the tournament was interrupted due to a coronavirus pandemic.
After her?
He lost to a later winner in New York
US Open and a clear 0: 3 loss in the semifinals with the later winner Dominic Thiem and a terrible clay sequel – without a winning match. Daniil didn’t believe himself before the big tournament in the Bercy hall in Paris. The famous turn in the final against Alexander Zverev gave the twenty-four-year-old Moskvan so much confidence that he suddenly went into unstoppable fashion.
He lost his service once in the Champions Tournament group. Set did not donate again to Zverev, but not to world number one Novak Djokovic. He plays relaxed – finally! And now a huge challenge awaits him. Dominant from start to finish ????
He never defeated Nadal. In the fast hall, however, he has the best prerequisites for this. In addition, the native of Menacor has never won the Champions Tournament, the indoor conditions do not suit him so much. This year, however, he managed to prepare better than in previous years, again moved his service to better numbers and it is possible that these are premature finals.
However, the Russian bear is hungry and is close to its first major entry in tennis history. Will the Spanish machine stop him?
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