At some point the day had to come. After 18 years in which only four old acquaintances occupied the throne, there will be a new tennis monarch.
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Daniil Medvedev, a 26-year-old Russian, was the beneficiary of Novak Djokovic’s collapse in the Dubai ATP quarterfinals last Thursday. The self-destruction of the Serb, fueled by his capricious fight against the covid-19 vaccine, represented the ideal push for the tall man, with a mustache and sparse beard, to put on the crown. Everything, while the troops of his country invaded Ukraine and plunged the world into a consternation from which he is far from leaving.
Questioned about the value of his success as the new number one on the planet at such a raw moment, Medvedev assured that the situation “escaped” his head “in every way”. And it is that although the 1.98 m giant is the tallest tennis player in history to reach the top, his greatest weakness lies in what goes through his feelings.
An unstable man and a mysterious tennis player
The Muscovite, a master of impossible serves and unorthodox movements, has sinned since childhood because of the noise that lives in his mind. The insults to the judges, his wild shouts, those fierce rackets to the ground and embarrassing fights with the public made him lose tournaments when he was just starting out on the courts. Now, despite having a degree from grand slamfour from Masters 1,000, one from ATP 500 and six from 250, the same attitudes continue to affect him.
In the final of the recent Australian Open, against the combative Rafael Nadal, the fans were on him for the memory of his attacks on the judge of the semifinal with Tsitsipas. “Empty brains… Your lives must be very bad!”, he shot them. Then, at the gala after her defeat, the president of the tournament dedicated a few words to her for her promising career. “Bored”shouted the Russian giant three times.
Nobody can take away his dance from Medvedev: to be the first of the new generation to reach the top in which the big three settled. Nor can anyone doubt its extensive game deck. No. The only thing that perhaps could be reproached for is that neatness that the big three, despite the wayward character of Nole, they have maintained during his reign. But Medvedev, who will be at the top from tomorrow, is far from concerned. He has already said that in life he has only one goal: to be himself.
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