Daniil Medvedev’s elite run ends: 110 weeks in top-10 involves a halt

It needed to occur! Daniil Medvedev is now not a top-10 participant, leaving the elite group following one other setback on the Miami Masters. The Russian embraced 110 consecutive top-10 weeks since February 2023.

He owns respectable 273 top-10 weeks, standing near Yannick Noah and Lleyton Hewitt. Medvedev claimed 5 ATP titles within the opening 5 months of 2023, together with two Masters 1000 shields.

Nonetheless, Rome stays his most up-to-date ATP trophy, embracing an almost two-year drought. To make issues much more difficult, Daniil has not performed within the ATP remaining since March final 12 months! 

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After half a decade of high-quality tennis, the Russian misplaced the bottom a bit in 2024. Medvedev embraced a 46-21 rating and missed an ATP title for the primary time since 2017! Daniil has additionally struggled together with his motivation, displaying quite a few tantrums on the court docket and creating a nasty picture round himself.

Medvedev performed at a excessive stage within the opening three months of the earlier season. He misplaced the Australian Open remaining to Jannik Sinner from two units to like up! He bounced again in March and reached the Indian Wells remaining and the Miami semi-final. 

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Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner stored him away from trophies, however they might have got here later within the season had he maintained that stage. Daniil collected 9 wins on clay and reached the Madrid Masters quarter-final. 

The Russian ousted Jannik Sinner in 5 units at Wimbledon and reached the semi-final, dropping to Carlos Alcaraz in 4 units. Daniil skilled early losses in Montreal and Cincinnati earlier than experiencing the US Open quarter-final defeat to Sinner. 

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Medvedev confronted Alcaraz and Sinner in Beijing and Shanghai and picked up extra defeats in opposition to the younger weapons. The Russian fell to Alexei Popyrin firstly of the Paris Masters and left the ATP Finals with one victory.

Daniil wanted a powerful begin to the 2025 marketing campaign to take care of his top-10 standing. Nonetheless, the previous Main champion in 12-7 this 12 months after Miami, gathering 810 ATP factors and leaving the elite firm following the Miami Masters setback. 

Learnen Tien surprised final 12 months’s finalist within the Australian Open second spherical. Mattia Bellucci and Hamad Medjedovic supplied extra surprises in Rotterdam and Marseille, and issues didn’t enhance for Medvedev in Doha and Dubai. 

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Daniil reached his first Masters 1000 semi-final in virtually a 12 months in Indian Wells. He fell to Holger Rune and struggled with sickness within the upcoming days. Medvedev did not recuperate for Miami, taking solely a few video games in opposition to Jaume Munar within the second spherical. 

Thus, the Russian misplaced factors and ended his top-10 run after over two years. Daniil is already in Monte Carlo, getting ready for the beginning of the clay season.