ATP: Good friends - Djokovic and Medvedev training together
In the run-up to the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy, Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev met for a rare joint training session.
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last edit: Nov 01, 2021, 06:44 pm
While Daniil Medvedev last picked up the bat at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells, Novak Djokovic has not been on the tour since his US Open final defeat. In order to prepare properly for the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy, the two top players had a joint training session on the French Cote d'Azur shortly before the start of the tournament.
Training and good entertainment
“I haven't played a training session with him since I've been in the top 10. I didn't know what to expect, I didn't know if he was training a lot or not, ”Medvedev told ATPtour.com. Since the dramatic final at this year's US Open, the paths of the two world ranking neighbors had not crossed.
“I expected it to be a good training session and it was wonderful. We played for two hours, one set, it was great. Then we talked for 15 or 20 minutes, I like to talk to him, ”said the 25-year-old Russian. And he revealed: “I think I can say he's a friend. It's really rare that numbers one and two play a training session together. "