MEDVEDEV. Opposed to Marin Cilic in the round of 16 at Roland-Garros, Daniil Medvedev is also almost certain to be world number 1 again.
A Roland-Garros tournament for the moment perfectly lead for the Russian Daniil Medvedev. Opposed against veteran Marin Cilic in a night session this Monday, May 30, the Russian could be world number 1 again in a few weeks. Indeed, by excluding Russian and Belarusian players from Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam of the year suits Daniil Medvedev since ATP points will not be awarded. Therefore, in a completely virtual way for the moment, Novak Djokovic would lose 2000 points while Medvedev would lose only 180 points.
Besides, Medvedev will have the opportunity to take the lead on a regular basis at the French Open. Different scenarios are possible, but if he reaches the Porte d’Auteuil final, the Russian is guaranteed to become number one again, regardless of the performance of Djokovic who will not be able to earn points in Paris as holder. of the title while his competitor can improve on his score from last year (380).
Daniil Medvedev, 26, was born on February 11, 1996 in Moscow, Russia. Before becoming one of today’s best tennis players, the Russian first practiced breaststroke in Moscow basins before switching to the yellow ball at the age of eight, on the advice of his father Sergei. The latter borrows money to help his son break into the world of tennis. Among the Juniors, he never did better than a 13th place in the world with 8 titles won. Often crazy on the pitch and unable to manage his emotions, a penalty point was only a formality for Daniil Medvedev. Since 2014 and his meeting with Frenchman Gilles Cervara at the Elite Tennis Center in Cannes, who became his regular coach in 2017, the neo world No. 1 has continued to progress. If the tennis player is still trained by the Habs, the duo formed by the two men brings a new style to tennis with a very flat game, without a lot of spin on all surfaces. Together, Cervara and Medvedev have won 13 ATP titles including the US Open in 2021, the London Masters in 2020 and 4 Masters 1000 (Cincinnati in 2019, Shanghai in 2019, Paris-Bercy in 2020 and Toronto in 2021).
In taking the world No. 1 spot, Daniil Medvedev dethroned Serbian Novak Djokovic, whom he faced ten times in his career. Among the 10 confrontations, the Russian lost six times, the last of which was in the final of the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000 (4-6 6-3 6-3). The Moscow native nevertheless deprived his Serbian counterpart of a Grand Slam (a player wins all four Grand Slams in a season) unprecedented in 2021 after his triumph at the US Open in three short sets (6-4 6-4 6 -4).
World No. 2 at the end of the 2021 season, Daniil Medvedev became the first player, second in the ATP world rankings since 2005 (and Australian Lleyton Hewitt) not to be called Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray. After Novak Djokovic’s defeat in the quarter-finals of the Dubai tournament on Thursday February 24 against the Czech Jiri Vesely, Daniil Medvedev became world No. 1 before his quarter-final of the Acapulco tournament against Yoshihito Nishioka. A new place that the Russian celebrated with a victory against the Japanese (6-2 6-3).
Former TOP 100 junior player, Daria shares the life of Daniil Medvedev. The two Russians got married in September 2018 after four years together. By winning the US Open in 2021, the new world No. 1 wanted to celebrate his 3 years of union with his wife in front of the spectators present.
In 2014, Daniil Medvedev met Gilles Cervara, a French coach at Jean-René Lisnard’s Elite Tennis Center in Cannes. If the Russian leaves the structure at the end of 2020, he has been trained by the French since 2017. This association between the two men has allowed Daniil Medvedev to become bilingual in French and he even settled in Monaco.