Daniil Medvedev: "There is not much difference between me, Novak Djokovic and Alcaraz, Sinner, & Rune"
ATPTuesday, 21 November 2023 at 01:58
World number three Russia’s Daniil Medvedev believes there
is not much difference among some of the top players in the men’s singles
category on the tennis court.
The 27-year-old season finally came to an end on Saturday as
he suffered a defeat to Italy’s Jannik Sinner in the semifinal of the ATP
Finals in Turin with a score of 6-3, 6-7, 6-1.
Medvedev was later quoted in a report where he stated how there
is not much difference amongst the top players in the men’s single category including
the likes of world number one Novak Djokovic, Spani’s Carlos Alcaraz, Sinner,
Denmark’s Holger Rune and himself.
“Jannik, Holger & Carlos at this moment are at the top,”
he said. “For sure Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils, guys like this, they can also come
there. I think because they're at the top, there is not much difference between
me, even Novak, & them.
“The difference is that Novak has won 24 Grand Slams. When
they play one on one, as we saw, he can lose. So there is not much different.
If I compare to myself, the difference is I started playing top tennis maybe at
23. I think it was 2019.
“They started doing it at, like, 19. Pretty impressive. At
19 I was probably 600 in the world. That's impressive. That's also why I like
my journey. I was not like them. I had to slowly, slowly dig my way up. Now I'm
here & I'm really happy.”
Medvedev had a decent time at the highest level in 2023
where he played in the final and a semifinal of a Grand Slam. At Wimbledon, he lost
to Alcaraz in the semifinal in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Later at the US Open, he finished as the runner-up after losing to Djokovic in
the final with a score of 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
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