Olympic singles champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov admitted that Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev could not properly evaluate his chances at the Australian Open. His words lead the way “Soviet sport”.
“I cannot say how realistic it is for Medvedev to succeed at the Australian Open. It is a mystery to me whether he will be able to reach the final again. He did not have any game practice in the first two weeks. Therefore, I think it is definitely difficult to evaluate his prospects,” he said.
In the first match of the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament, Medvedev will face the 414th ranked Thai representative Kasidit Samrey.
Medvedev is the winner of one Grand Slam tournament (US Open 2021), finalist of five Grand Slam singles tournaments (US Open 2019 and 2023, Australian Open 2021, 2022 and 2024), winner of the 2020 ATP Finals. He also has 20 wins in singles in the Association of Tennis Professionals series tournaments.
Previously has become known The name of tennis player Medvedev’s second child.