MOSCOW, July 25, Andrey Simonenko. Daniil Medvedev set a great achievement by beating Russia's record for the number of weeks in the rank of the first number of the world tennis classification, but it is not necessary to say that his era in world tennis is coming, said the former world first racket, Olympic champion Evgeny Kafelnikov. Medvedev began the tenth week in the status of the first racket of the world and broke the Russian record in the men's singles, which previously belonged to Marat Safin (nine weeks). «It is impossible to determine the greatness of a tennis player by one criterion. Yes, of course, this is a chic achievement that not everyone submits — to be the best in their field of activity. This is excellent, but there are other criteria — Grand Slam tournaments, the Olympic Games. In no way am I belittling Daniil's achievement, but there is no need to say that the Medvedev era is now coming, «Kafelnikov said, answering when asked if the Russian tennis player is close to dominating world tennis. «I think Novak Djokovic cannot be written off, for several years he will still ruffle his nerves. The same applies to Rafael Nadal. In addition to these tennis players, there are many young talents, the same Carlos Alcaraz can be called, who will now gnaw granite with their teeth. Daniil needs to work even harder to stay on the top line of the world ranking. He has a huge amount of points to defend from last year, and the time is not the sweetest for him. But I am sure that if it works, it will show good results in the second part of the season,» the speaker said.
