Daniil Medvedev lost out to Sebastian Korda at the Shanghai Masters but in exiting the tournament had high praise for a certain Carlos Alcaraz.
Medvedev said that he will always be one of the main contenders for title with comparisons being levied towards a certain Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in doing so.
In particular this week in picking a winner for the Shanghai Masters now that he is out in particular.
"Tough to say. I would say, in general, if we talk like about shape right now, Carlos is just, at the moment, he's, let's say, the player like Novak, Rafa were before. Every time he's in the tournament he's the biggest, or when Novak is there, one of the two biggest contenders for the title," he said.
But he also named Jannik Sinner who he lost to in the final of Beijing Open as one who will be among the favourites when it comes to Shanghai.
"Jannik is in great shape, let's see how physically he can adapt to also playing Beijing last week. So I would say they are the two biggest favorites," he said.
"But at the same time, that's why we like tennis. Maybe Jannik loses today, Carlos loses tomorrow, and it's all over. But, yeah, so, let's see. That's why tennis is interesting, we can never know," he added.
Daniil Medvedev says Carlos Alcaraz is like the player Nadal & Djokovic were before: “I would say, in general, if we talk about shape right now, Carlos is at the moment, let's say, the player like Novak & Rafa were before. Every time he's in the tournament he's the biggest. Or…
