Daniil Medvedev

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Star Player Loses It on Ump After Photographer's Gaffe

Medvedev ends up losing in the US Open after his meltdown

(Newser) - Former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev will not be repeating his feat this year after losing in the first round on Sunday to Benjamin Bonzi of France. And the loss will be a memorable one, thanks to a very public gaffe by a photographer that led to a court meltdown...

Top Players Are Falling Unusually Early at Wimbledon

Players are struggling with quick clay-to-grass transition and fatigue

(Newser) - Wimbledon's first week has seen an unusually high number of upsets, with top-seeded players exiting the tournament at a rate not seen before in the Open Era. Eight men's or women's seeds inside the top 10 lost in the first round, and a record 13 seeded...

Tennis Star Smashes Ball, Racket, Camera

Net camera: 15, Daniil Medvedev: No love

(Newser) - Daniil Medvedev, ranked fifth in the world in men's tennis, had a tough go against an opponent ranked 418th in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. The Russian—who, like others from Belarus and Russia, is not allowed to compete under his nation's flag, per...

Novak Djokovic Wins US Open
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Novak Djokovic Wins US Open

Getting his 24th Grand Slam title

(Newser) - Halfway through a second set that lasted 1 hour, 44 minutes, a test of tenacity as much as talent amid a US Open final as exhausting as it was exhilarating, Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev engaged each other in a 32-stroke point. It was among many such elongated exchanges between...

Russian Tennis Star Takes a Public Stand

Andrey Rublev writes 'no war' on TV camera

(Newser) - It's not that Andrey Rublev wasn't pleased with the match he'd just won Friday, propelling him to the finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships. But he'd said the day before that he considered other issues more pressing, ESPN reports. "In these moments, you realize that...

In 5 Hours and 24 Minutes, Nadal Does the Extraordinary

He broke the men's record for most Grand Slam singles titles with 21st win

(Newser) - Rafael Nadal got to 21 first, breaking the men's record for most Grand Slam singles titles and doing it the hard way by coming back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in an almost 5 1/2-hour Australian Open final that didn't finish until the early hours...

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