REVEALED! Daniil Medvedev’s Path to Claim his First US Open title

REVEALED! Daniil Medvedev’s Path to Claim his First US Open title

Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev is seeded 2nd and will be playing at US Open 2021 after having a good run at Cincinnati Masters last week. He reached the semi finals and was ultimately defeated by countryman, Andrey Rublev in a thriller. Rublev won the match with the score line of 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. The world number 2 was the last man standing at the Toronto Masters after beating American, Reilly Opelka in the finals. The score line of the match was 6-4, 6-3.

Medvedev also participated at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and did not perform as per expectations. The Russian was beaten by eventual bronze medalist, Pablo Carreno Busta in the quarter final with the score line of 6-2, 7-6.

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The shots Medvedev makes from behind the baseline is his main strength as it strengthens the defensive game.

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The world number 2 had reached the semi finals of the US Open last year. He was beaten by the eventual champion, Dominic Thiem with the score line of 6-2, 7-6, 7-6. It will be interesting to see how far can Medvedev go considering his recent form.

Tough Road Ahead For Medevedev

Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev is seeded 2nd in the US Open and has a tough road ahead of himself. He will play former world number 7, Richard Gasquet in the first round. In the second round, the Russian is most likely to clash with Dominik Koepfer.

In the 3rd round, Daniil is most likely to set up a clash with the former US Open Champion, Marin Cilic. The 2019 Runner Up is likely to clash with either Brit, Dan Evans or the former world number 3, Grigor Dimitrov in the fourth round of the US Open 2021.

If Medvedev manages to cross the hurdles, then he is most likely to play against either of world number 8, Casper Ruud or the big server and local hope, John Isner or Argentine, Diego Schwartzman. The potential semi final fixture for Medvedev would be against world number 3, Stefanos Tsitsipas or countryman, Andrey Rublev. If everything goes on course for the 25 year old, he can meet either Olympic Gold medalist, Alexander Zverev or 20 time grand slam champion, Novak Djokovic or Wimbledon 2021 finalist, Matteo Berrettini.

Medvedev’s path to US Open title:

  • 1R: Richard Gasquet
  • 2R: Dominik Koepfer
  • 3R: Marin Cilic
  • 4R:  Dan Evans/ Grigor Dimitrov
  • QF: Casper Ruud/ John Isner/ Diego Schwartzman
  • SF: Stefanos Tsitsipas/ Andrey Rublev
  • F: Novak Djokovic/ Alexander Zverev

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