"He has a great serve, great strokes, he's defending better than people think": Daniil Medvedev lauds Taylor Fritz as biggest Laver Cup threat

World number three Daniil Medvedev has named America’s Taylor Fritz as the biggest threat for him in the Laver Cup.

The 28-year-old was recently quoted in a report where he admitted that the current world number nine would be his toughest opponent in the competition.

"I think what is good is that we're playing in Berlin, if we were playing in Washington or New York or somewhere, I would say guys like Frances [Tiafoe], Tommy [Paul], Ben Shelton, when they are playing in the US they're extremely dangerous in front of their home crowd, that's what we saw last year in Canada [when Team World won 13-2],” he said.

"I'm someone who, in a way, goes by the rankings. I always said that for me Taylor has a great all-round game, it's tough to play him. He has a great serve, great strokes, he's defending better than people think.

“For the moment sometimes in later stages of Grand Slams, as we saw with Novak [Djokovic, at the Australian Open], maybe here and there at the end of the set he can give [away] some points. But in my opinion, he would be the toughest player at the moment."

Fritz is currently taking part in the Delray Beach Open where he has already booked his place in the quarterfinal after defeating Nuno Borges of Portugal.