Daniil Medvedev began the 2021 season even better than he ended 2020; the reigning ATP Finals champion made a second Grand Slam final at the Australian Open and, after three matches without losing a set, is a heavy favorite at -560 odds to take home his first title of the

On Monday, Nov. 13, Andrey Rublev will take on Daniil Medvedev in round-robin play at the Nitto ATP Finals. This has been a head-to-head series that has been dominated by Medvedev, who is 7-2 in nine career meetings with one of his childhood friends. Rublev also hasn’t won a set

What's a Daniil Medvedev match without any drama? On Tuesday, he posted a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over world No. 39 Alexander Bublik, but not before overcoming one of the more bizarre hinderance calls the sport has seen. In the final set, Medvedev led 2-0 but trailed 30-0 on Bublik's

It was a double milestone kind of night for Daniil Medvedev at Indian Wells on Friday night, as he defeated Brandon Nakashima in his opening match at the Masters 1000 event, 6-4, 6-3, to not only extend his winning streak to 15 matches in a row, but also to record

WATCH: Daniil Medvedev won his third straight title this year with a win over Andrey Rublev in Dubai.

NEW YORK—The Labor Day US Open match between Daniil Medvedev and Nuno Borges was interrupted for a few minutes because a fire alarm briefly knocked out the electronic line-calling system. As it turned out, the only thing on fire in the vicinity was Medvedev, the 2021 champion at Flushing Meadows

Nick Kyrgios completed a dream week at the Citi Open in Washington DC on Sunday, edging Daniil Medvedev, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4), to capture the equal-biggest title of his career at the 500-level event. Less than 24 hours after a dramatic semifinal win against No. 6-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas, Kyrgios was

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—We have another rematch at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden: the men's final on Sunday will see Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev once again face off for the Baccarat Trophy after a rain-affected semifinal schedule. Alcaraz was first over the finish line when he roared back from a

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Daniil Medvedev reached his fifth straight final Saturday in St. Petersburg, continuing his strong form after reaching the final of the U.S. Open. The top-seeded Russian beat qualifier Egor Gerasimov 7-5, 7-5 in front of his home crowd in Russia and will play Borna Coric

MADRID (AP) — Russia's 15-year wait for a Davis Cup title ended Sunday after another clutch performance by Daniil Medvedev. Medvedev beat Marin Cilic 7-6 (7), 6-2 in the second singles match to give Russia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over Croatia in the final. It is Russia's third Davis Cup

Both Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev kicked off their 2020 ATP Finals debut in brilliant fashion on Monday, with the latter defeating Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-4, and the former dispatching Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-2. It’s fitting that the Lacoste-wearing superstars will face off in the season’s final tournament, as the

Daniil Medvedev has become the first man to record 40 tour-level wins this year after defeating American Marcos Giron, 6-4, 6-3, in his opening match at the ATP 500 grass-court event in Halle on Monday. MOST WINS THIS YEAR (men, tour-level): 40: Daniil Medvedev [40-7] 35: Carlos Alcaraz [35-4] 32:

On Saturday, Daniil Medvedev will take on Matteo Arnaldi at the Mutua Madrid Open. Medvedev has a reputation as a player that absolutely hates the clay, and there’s no denying that he’s at his best on hard courts. But the world No. 4 is 9-4 on the dirt over the

Zhang Zhizhen clinched a dramatic victory over Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) to reach the quarterfinals at the Terra Wortmann Open quarterfinals. A former world No. 1, Medvedev had rallied from a set down to find himself up a break in the third, but ultimately lost five of the

After Rafael Nadal had made one of his most astonishing career comebacks from the brink to defeat Daniil Medvedev, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6, in their round-robin clash at the ATP Finals in London, the Spaniard was typically candid and self-effacing in his post-match interview. Realizing he had escaped from the

For the first time since 1999 in Hamburg, two 24-and-under competitors will battle for a Masters 1000 title. Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev are set to face each other on Sunday for the Shanghai crown. Although double faulting to start the match, Zverev quickly held to begin his semifinal against

With all of the surprises on clay so far this year—two unexpected losses for Rafael Nadal, nine tournaments with as many different winners, and more—one that has stood out over the past couple of weeks is the emergence of Daniil Medvedev as a threat on the surface. Entering 2019 having

If you had to guess which of the two men’s finalists said this about the other, you’d probably say it was a show of respect from Daniil Medvedev to Novak Djokovic, right? Djokovic is the world No. 1, he’s the eight-time Australian Open champion, and he’s never lost a final

If Alexander Zverev thought Daniil Medvedev was a villain before, what might he think of the 2021 US Open champion now? On Friday, Zverev met his rival for the first time at a Grand Slam event after sharing 18 clashes on the ATP Tour. The two walked on court knowing

Daniil Medvedev unloaded a mountain of sarcasm on umpire Mohamed Lahyani after a disappointing performance in the second set of his BNP Paribas Open third-round clash with Ilya Ivashka. The former world No. 1 had won seven straight sets against Ivashka dating back to 2018, but soon found himself out