While Medvedev’s future at the grass major is currently up in the air, there have been reports that the ATP and WTA have given Wimbledon financial incentives to allow Russian and Belarusian players back on the famous grounds.Novak Djokovic can tie the men’s Grand Slam singles title record by winning a sixth Wimbledon title.ĭjokovic, the top seed, is halfway to a calendar Grand Slam after winning both the Australian Open and the French Open, He now has 19 majors, one shy of the record shared by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.įederer, seeded sixth, hoped to deny Djokovic and earn his 21st major and record-extending ninth Wimbledon title. Here are Medvedev’s performances at every Wimbledon he has appeared at:Ģ016 – Lost in third qualifying round to Marcus Willis (wildcard), 6-3 5-7 3-6 4-6Ģ017 – Lost in second round to Ruben Bemelmans (qualifier), 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-2 3-6Ģ018 – Lost in third round to Adrian Mannarino (22), 4-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 3-6Ģ019 – Lost in third round to David Goffin (21), 6-4 2-6 6-3 3-6 5-7Ģ021 – Lost in fourth round to Hubert Hurkacz (14), 6-2 6(2)-7 6-3 3-6 3-6 The 27-year-old has an 8-4 win-loss record in the main draw of Wimbledon, of which he first played in 2017. While Daniil Medvedev does not claim to be a grass court specialist, he has found success on the natural surface winning a title at the Mallorca Championships in 2021. I’m just going to wait for it and hopefully, I can play Wimbledon this year and show some great results.” Daniil Medvedev’s record at Wimbledon He added, “I don’t know what their decision is going to be. With their being no decision made at the moment for Wimbledon this year, Medvedev has expressed his hope to get back to SW19, “I want to play on grass, I want to play Wimbledon.” Yeah, again, it’s about following the rules.” “You can just stay in this circle of, ‘oh, my God, I was not able to be there’.

I always want to be in the biggest tournaments and try to play good.” For sure I wanted to play Wimbledon, I wanted to do well there. He continued, “If you focus on the negative part.

Medvedev played three grass court tournaments last year, reaching the final of both ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Halle.ĭespite not being able to play the grass major at Wimbledon, the Russian seemed to take it all in his stride, “You have to appreciate it because I definitely couldn’t change the decision of Wimbledon. Daniil Medvedev has spoken of his desire to play Wimbledon this year, after Russian and Belarusian players were banned from The Championships in 2022 due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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