The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has compiled the top 5 highlights of last season in the Grand Slam tournaments.
In fifth place in the rankings was Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev’s defeat in the match against Thiago Wilde in the first round of Roland Garros. The Brazilian athlete eventually reached the third round of the tournament, where he lost to Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan.
Top 5 feelings according to ATP:
- US Open (second round). Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) – Dominik Stricker (Switzerland) – 5:7, 7:6 (7:2), 7:6 (7:5), 6:7 (6:8), 3:6.
- Australian open (second round). Taylor Fritz (USA) – Alexey Popyrin (Australia) – 7:6 (7:4), 6:7 (2:7), 4:6, 7:6 (8:6), 2:6.
- Roland Garros (second round). Jannik Sinner (Italy) – Daniel Altmaier (Germany) – 7:6 (7:0), 6:7 (7:9), 6:1, 6:7 (4:7), 5:7.
- US Open (second round). Kasper Ruud (Norway) – Zhang Zhizhen (China) – 4:6, 7:5, 2:6, 6:0, 2:6.
5 Roland Garros (first round). Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – Tiyagu Seiboth Wild (Brazil, Q) – 6:7 (5:7), 7:6 (8:6), 6:2, 3:6, 4:6.
Last season, Medvedev reached the finals of ATP tournaments ten times and won five times. He qualified for the Final Tournament (ATP) and reached the semi-finals, losing to Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner. In 2023, these rivals have already faced each other four times. The Italian tennis player won three times. It is worth noting that Sinner won three final matches on hard courts.
In the ATP rankings, Daniil Medvedev is in third place with 7600 points and is the best Russian. The lead is held by Serbian Novak Djokovic, who won the Final Tournament.
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