ATP: Will Daniil Medvedev follow Geneva with Roland Garros?
Daniil Medvedev will return to the ATP Tour at the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Geneva. Which tournaments the Russian will play afterwards is open.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: May 07, 2022, 01:36 pm
Daniil Medvedev and Terre Battue are not known to be love affairs. Strictly speaking, Medvedev doesn't particularly like playing on grass either, but at some point the Russian will have to get back into the game. This is now to be done in Geneva, we reported. But the question is: what comes next? Will Medvedev also go into the vat at the second major of the year in Paris?
Things haven't really gone well there for the current second in the world rankings. Until last year - when Medvedev reached the quarterfinals, where he was eliminated by Stefanos Tsitsipas . That Tsitsipas, whom he actually has quite well under control on hard court. And with whom he shares a heartfelt dislike. But while the Greek will serve as one of the favorites at the Bois de Boulogne, for Daniil Medvedev it would probably just be about collecting a few points for the ATP charts. Hard to imagine that Medvedev can keep up with professionals like Tsitsipas, Carlos Alcaraz or Alexander Zverev who are well-versed in sand, not to mention Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal .
Medvedev, Rublev and Co. not wanted in Wimbledon
Whatever the case: after Roland Garros, things continue on grass – but only outside of Great Britain for Medvedev and his Russian compatriots. They are not wanted there because of the war of aggression against Ukraine. Which limits the options for Medvedev and Co., but doesn't turn them to zero. After all, like his buddy Andrey Rublev, he played in HalleWestfalen last year (not so successfully), the following week he won his first and so far only title on grass in Mallorca. Maybe Medvedev will also expand his game plan, starting in Stuttgart right after Paris.
In any case, the US Open champion of 2021 can use the two weeks of Wimbledon to prepare for the hard court season. The Medvedev, and this has been known for a few weeks, will start in Los Cabos from August 1st. Quite a long break. In order to shorten this, Daniil Medvedev could make another short sand stop (in Hamburg?) - or hit the grass at the International Tennis Hall of Fame tournament in Newport.