On February 19, Tennisist Daniel Medvedev became the first Russian for the 16 years, which was able to enter the Final of the Australia Open tournament. In the decisive match, Medvedev will meet with the first racket of the world Novak Djokovich. In 2005, the winner of the Australia Open was the legendary tennis player Marat Safin.
Assemble for you a selection of facts about the athlete, which is already creating a story for Russian tennis.
Biography Tennisist Daniel Medvedev
Daniel was born in 1996 in Moscow. His family was far from sports: the Father worked in a construction company, and the mother brought up children. For a small Dani, different sections were looking for, so he first painted painting, swimming and chess, and in 6 years he went to tennis.
Medvedev visited the usual school, finished it externally after grade 9. He did not perceive tennis then as a calling, although he was engaged with pleasure. Often, in an interview, he complains that if he knew his potential, she would have trained stubbornly. Father Medvedev hoped that the son would get a good athlete. Therefore, he decided to send Daniel in 16 years to train to France, where the whole family later moved. Although the guy entered MGIMO, it was necessary to leaving their studies to completely surrender to the sport.
Medvedev in his youth. Photo: Instagram Daniel Medvedev
Medvedev in Big Tennis
Since 2014, Russian has started a professional career in tennis: earned the first titles and has already made a year later at the ATP Challenger elite tournament. After another year, Daniel was a qualification in the main grid of the Tournament of the Grand Slam, the largest tennis contest in the world. And in January 2017 he reached 65 places in the ranking of tennis players and even beat the third racket of the world on Wimbledon.The largest title of ATP Medvedev won in Sydney in 2018, when he was 22, and managed to repeat success twice per season. In the tournament in Switzerland, Daniel lost to Roger Federer, one of the most famous tennis players in the world. By 2019, the Russian was 16 racket of the world, and by the end of 2020 he managed to take 4 lines in the ranking of tennis players.
Daniel Medvedev's personal life
Daniel tries not to apply for personal life. From his instagram, we learned that in September 2018 an athlete married. His wife is named Daria, but Medvedev does not share information about it to protect against negative attention in social networks. It is known that she is also a tennis player.
Daniel himself works on himself and attends a psychologist due to excessive emotionality.
Medvedev with his wife Darya. Photo: Instagram Daniel Medvedva
Daniel Medvedev at Australia Open
Australia Open is one of the Tournaments of the Grand Slam. Medvedev's opponent in the final of the competition will be the operating racket of the world and the winner of 17 Tournaments of the Grand Slam Novak Jokovic. It is noteworthy that athletes have already met in 2019 at the tournament in Monte Carlo, and then the victory won a Russian.
If Medvedev conquers the title of Australia Open, he will be the second racket of the world, ahead of the ATP ranking of Dominica Tim and Rafael Nadal.
Medvedev in the semifinals of Australia Open. Photo: Instagram Daniel Medvedev
Medvedev failed to win on Australia Open
Daniel failed to replay Serb Novak Djokovich, losing all three sets in the Australia Open finals. His defeat is explained by the fact that the Russians did not have enough skills, the diversity of technology and the reliability of individual techniques, especially attackers.
Despite the defeat, Medvedev will still officially become the third racket of the world in the ranking of professionals tennis players.