“Papa is home”, Daniil Medvedev reunited with his newborn daughter, sooner than expected, after an early exit at the Paris Masters
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Daniil Medvedev with his wife
World No.3 Daniil Medvedev‘s work in Paris Masters ended in the second round as the Russian got crushed by the Australian World No.25 Alex De Minaur 4-6,6-2,5-7 but due to this, he has a better “work-life” balance as the “new father in town” posted a picture with his newborn daughter on Instagram.
Medvedev with his wife Daria Medvedeva live in Monaco and the former US Open Champion shared this cute picture quoting “Welcome Home” with a heart emoji a day after his disappointing loss in the Paris Masters. The loss should have hurt him more since he was the winner here last year and will push him down to number 5 in the rankings nevertheless the man was found happy at home with a new little member.
Medvedev will now play in Turin ATP Final starting on November 13 where he was the champion in 2020. He will be trying to forget what happened in Paris with some quality time spent with his family before flying to Turin to regain the title.
Daniil Medvedev – Season of Ups and Downs
After the heartbreaking loss to Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open Final this year after leading by two sets, Medvedev has never been the same player as before. The deadliest backhands that stopped the mighty Novak Djokovic in US Open final in 2021 have declined since the loss to Nadal this year.
Nevertheless, he was coming back to his best in recent months but the pre-quarterfinal loss to Nick Kyrgios in US Open, 2022 again stopped his momentum. Following that, he recently got defeated by the Swiss Veteran Stanislas Wawrinka in the ATP-250 Metz Open in 3 sets in the first round.
All losses apart, he was dictating the play in the semi-finals against Novak Djokovic in ATP-500 Astana Open, a muscle strain got him down and he was forced to retire from the match. Medvedev was leading by a set and the second set was being played when he got the strain.
After that unfortunate event, Vienna Open was the first tournament he played. He started exactly from where he stopped at the Astana Open and went on to win the whole tournament. The former world number one has enjoyed a dominant week in Vienna as the Russian produced tennis of the highest quality in a straight-sets victory over Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals. Then in the semi-finals, he defeated Grigor Dimitrov again in straights.
The final against the Canadian was the only match of the tournament where he lost his serve which eventually led to the loss of that set as well. After a great run at Vienna, Nobody expected the Russsian to crash out in earlier rounds in Paris but the Australian 23-year-old has proven the tennis world wrong. He will be now trying to regain the form he had in Vienna and clinch a second title in Turin later this month.
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