Daniil Medvedev lauds Djokovic after Paris loss; says 'haters' will respect him eventually

World number two Daniil Medvedev graciously bowed down to defeat against 20-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic on Sunday as he praised Serbian legend after match. Medvedev lost 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in Rolex Paris Masters final.

While speaking after match, 25-year old Russian explained how world number one has broken several records and how he almost also completed elusive Calendar Grand Slam (winning all four Grand Slams in same year). With Djokovic often having received hate in comparison to or great champions like Rafael Nal and Roger Federer, Medvedev said that Serbian will get 'respect' he deserves eventually.

Daniil Medvedev praises Novak Djokovic after Paris Masters final

According to ATP, Daniil Medvedev said, "I have feeling that people [are] starting more and more to… respect what he has done in tennis more and more because he continues to beat records. Only this year, he beat records for being No. 1 for most weeks, 310 it was, and now it's much more [345]. He got to 20 [Grand] Slams [and] almost [completed] a calendar Slam."

world number two n went on to d why Serbian legend will receive respect he deserves eventually as fans of future generations will look at tremendous success he has achieved in his career. "re are going to be new people coming to tennis [in future] who are just going to re in Wikipedia, or whatever, what were results, who was World No. 1 for most weeks, for most times in end, and y are going to see Novak everywhere. That's when people are going to start to understand. Okay, that's amazing what he has done."

Medvedev prevented Djokovic from completing Calendar Slam

While Novak Djokovic grabbed helines for his outstanding season, Daniil Medvedev did have a fantastic year as well. After Serbian won Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon this year, Russian defeated him at US Open to end Djokovic's dreams of completing Calendar Grand Slam. 25-year old defeated world number one to win his first career Grand Slam title. Meanwhile, he also reached Australian Open final this year when he was defeated by none or than Djokovic.

When Medvedev was asked what it would have meant to him to defeat Djokovic for second time in a row, Russian responded by stating that it was 'impossible to have' 'upper hand psychologically speaking on him.' He ended his point by stating that he could see that  Serbian wanted to 'take his revenge as 'he really wanted to win no matter what.'