Medvedev's rise on ATP Tour record, controversies and triumph in 2019

Daniil Medvedev’s journey to World 4 has been inspiring post his third-round defeat at Wimbledon.  Russian h lost to Belgium’s David Goffin in a five-set thriller but journey following that has been tremendous featuring in six consecutive finals on ATP Tour. Medvedev won his first two ATP Masters 1000 titles — in Cincinnati and Shanghai — and also entered his maiden Grand Slam final at US Open this year.

Daniil Medvedev records this season

Medvedev’s record in 2019 speaks for itself improving to 29-3 on hard courts since his third-round loss at Wimbledon. Russian has reached a career-high ranking of 4 in world. He has also earned five of his eight victories against Top-10 opposition and tops list this year with 59 tour-level wins – which is 11 more than current World 1 vak Djokovic.

Daniil Medvedev ATP tour results 2019

Western and Sourn Open:

This title will be best remembered by Russian for his semi-final triumph over Djokovic in semi-final and overcoming cramps late-match against Goffin in final.  World 1 Djokovic was t rey to throw towel earning a breakpoint with a 6-3, 3-2 (30/40) le. But Medvedev turned up aggression to beat top seed in three sets. In final, he overcame cramps to beat Goffin to earn his first Masters 1000 title.

St. Petersburg Open:

After a heart-breaking loss in Flushing Meows, Medvedev stepped up his game in front of his home fans. Before entering final against Borna Coric, he h lost three consecutive matches against Croatian last year. But this time he dropped only four games en route to claim his sixth ATP Tour title.

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US Open 2019:

Russian was making his maiden appearance in a Grand Slam final. Before US Open, Medvedev h me fourth round of a Slam only once. In final he once again earned a rematch with Nal. Nal once again stormed into le, winning first two sets and breaking in third set. But Medvedev showed his resolve, battling hard to extend legendary lefty to a deciding set before going down in final after four hours and 49 minutes.

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Shanghai Masters Triumph: Medvedev claimed his second Masters 1000 trophy beating Alexander Zverev in final. This was his first meeting against 22-year-old and Russian came out on top with scoreline of 6-4, 6-1.

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Daniil Medvedev’s US Open controversial moment

During his match against Felicia Lopez in ir US Open third-round clash, Medvedev lost his cool with one of ball boys handing him a towel. audience at Flushing Meows began to rain down boos for his behaviour. match umpire handed Medvedev an unsportsmanlike conduct code violation for incident. Medvedev also went on to launch into a verbal argument with umpire.

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Things went out of hand when Medvedev was spotted walking back to his chair holding up his middle finger on side of his face. gesture was picked up by fans when it was shown on replay screen, but he wasn’t handed a second violation from umpire.