St. Petersburg, June 12, Taras Barabash.Russian Daniil Medvedev could again lead the rating of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) earlier than June 13, if he had not been prevented by an injury, the president of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) Shamil Tarpischev believes. On June 13, Medvedev again topped the world rating. The current first racket of the world Serb Novak Djokovic finished his performance at Roland Garros in the 1/4 finals and could not defend his rating points scored at the previous Grand Slam tournaments in Paris. Due to this, Medvedev was able to bypass Djokovic and top the rating again. «I congratulate Daniil from the bottom of my heart! He is already a legendary tennis player, Daniil is one of our musketeers who became the first in the world! He has already done so many miracles with his tennis that one can say only the best, the biggest praises. And this can be done because Danya is a very good person. His matches with Djokovic will go down in the history of world tennis, especially the winning game at the US Open. The fact is that Daniil is an inside player, a creator, he He uses all his inner qualities in tennis. He squeezes everything out of himself on the court, it's worth a lot, and what a good guy he is,» Tarpishchev said. Medvedev missed more than a month and a half due to a hernia operation. On May 17, he played his first match after the operation. «He had a very smooth 2021, so despite the pause due to injury, he still becomes the first. He could have become the first again much earlier if not for the injury. Imagine, almost not playing in the spring, he returned to first place. This is an achievement of his game, he was touched, a margin of safety. Daniil has long been in the elite, everyone considers him. The good news is that he is psychologically stable. Do you remember how the stands did not like him? And now he they love him because he knows how to talk with the public. When they cheer against him, Daniil is angry, only this makes his opponent worse. This is a fantastic mobilization of the nervous system. In a difficult situation, he becomes stronger, «said the president of the RTF.» place. I would call him a professor of thought. I speak about Daniil in the highest tones, he is a man who never breaks down and approaches preparation wisely. Daniil is one of the musketeers of our tennis. Since he is the first in the world, it means the musketeer. The first is It’s getting more and more complicated, so you can’t compare the times of (Evgeny) Kafelnikov, (Marat) Safin, (Nikolay) Davydenko and (Mikhail) Yuzhny. Tennis is changing rapidly, players are becoming more sophisticated and diverse. Dani has all the best qualities, he is already a legend,» added Tarpishchev.
