"Novak Djokovic is capable of staying as no. 1 for 400 weeks" says Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev is one of the youngsters that is capable of defeating Big Three anywhere and anytime, but it was not to be for him at this year's Australian Open.

The Russian faced Novak Djokovic in the final, and although he defeated him in 3 out of their last 4 matches, he didn't manage to outplay the Serbian in the final what granted him another Grand Slam title. A few weeks later, Novak Djokovic broke Roger Federer's record of weeks as number 1 in the ATP Rankings.

Daniil Medvedev, who is the first player outside of 'Big Four' - Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray - to break into Top 2 of the ATP Rankings since July 2005, spoke about Djokovic's great achievement when he said:

“First of all, it’s an unbelievable achievement. For sure I think in the world of tennis we talk about Grand Slams more than anything else. But this is also a small competition, [and] I’m sure he’s really happy about it,” Medvedev said. “The way he’s played, he’s definitely capable of catching 400 weeks. We’re going to try to not let him do this."

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“I didn’t manage to do anything in the Australian Open final, but that is what sport is about. Nobody is going to give him an easy pass, he’s going to have to earn it.”

“As I’ve always said about the Big Three, they are unbelievable. The records they have set [are] probably not going to be beaten maybe in 100 years,” Medvedev said. “It’s very rare that you see this in sports. I don’t think you can say that other players were not good enough in this era, it’s just that they were unbelievable and there’s nothing for others to be ashamed of.”