Tennis: Medvedev postpones his recovery, defeat too bitter?

US Open finalist for the third time in his career, the fifth Grand Slam in his career, Daniil Medvedev failed to win a second title in this category against Novak Djokovic. The Russian, undoubtedly the third man this year behind the Serbian and Carlos Alcaraz, must start to ruminate on these missed opportunities, he who has had difficulty digesting sometimes.

A 27 ans, Daniil Medvedev has established himself over the years as the most gifted player of his generation. The Russian, who broke through a little late, has built a dream track record almost on a single surface: hard. He won almost everything and he could have won a second title in New York this year. But he gave everything and decided to postpone his return to the circuit since he is absent this week at Zhuhai in China for the start of the Asian tour.

Resources already well drawn

Daniil Medvedev is the second player who has won the most matches this season behind Carlos Alcaraz. Obviously, fatigue is felt after a long season and it is Patrick Mouratoglouboss of theUTS a stage of which took place last weekend which made some revelations about the world number 3. “I got a call from Daniil Medvedev, I think on Tuesday, saying that he was really sorry, but that he didn’t feel able to play. He was supposed to play, but he feels completely empty and he can’t even think about having a racket in his hand, he needs to put the racket to the side and rest completely.” confides the Frenchman.

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Return postponed

When he should have already playedUTS last weekend, Daniil Medvedev therefore declared for the tournament ATP 250 in Zhuhai, which marks the big start of the Asian tour this week. The Russian is visibly very physically affected by this American summer and should only return to competition from next week with Beijingand ATP 500.

Defeat difficult to digest?

In the past, Daniil Medvedev has already shown difficulty digesting a defeat in the final of Grand Slam. Even if he was quite far from the mark this time, the defeat against Rafael Nadal during the’Australian Open 2022 had been very difficult to swallow, he who was in a position to win this match by leading two sets to zero. The Russian could experience a little difficult period to slowly recover from this failure in the final. Let’s remember that so far, he has only faced two opponents in his five finals: Djokovic et Nadal.