Paris: Daniil Medvedev, the world No.2, is on his way. In more ways than one it appears.
Medvedev hadn’t gone as far as the legendary Ivan Lendl, who once bluntly intoned ‘grass was for the cows’, but the 26-year-old repeatedly brushed the clay off his shirt with suitable condescension. That was until 12 months ago when the Moscow-born, Monte Carlo-based star, who is coached by Frenchman Gilles Cervara, made the French Open quarterfinals. Those were his first match wins at Roland Garros and they came after four first-round losses.
On a sharp, wet spring morning in the French capital, Medvedev, looking for his first match win since a hernia procedure six weeks ago, let his ground game chide a limping Facundo Bagnis for a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win. The Russian, who kickstarted his season with a 16-4 record, that includes his run into the Australian Open title round and also a brief stint at No.1, finds himself at the center of a situation that has as little to do with him and his compatriots on the tennis Tour as government/political decisions generally have to do with sportspersons.
This story is from the May 25, 2022 edition of The Times of India Hyderabad.
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