Daniil Medvedev is certainly going through the darkest moment of his entire career, at least since he became a top player. The Russian ace has not only moved away from the top positions of the ATP ranking and his main goals, but is also often beaten by opponents against whom he would not have had problems until a few years ago.
Some thought that hard courts tournaments like Toronto and Cincinnati could restore some confidence to the former world No.1, who has always played excellent tennis on this surface, but his run ended much earlier than expected in both Canada and Ohio and his status for the US Open is difficult to interpret right now.
New York is perhaps the city that gave the champion from Moscow the greatest joy of his entire career, having won the US Open in 2021 at the end of a thrilling run and having prevented a legend of the caliber of Novak Djokovic from completing the 'Calendar Grand Slam' that year. He will certainly not have an easy path in the last Major of the season and the best version of Medvedev will be needed to avoid yet another disappointing result of this period (he lost to Adam Walton in Cincy).
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Medvedev hopes to return to the top
In the meantime, former players and insiders are wondering about the Russian's crisis and some have said that his downward trajectory has already begun.Daniil ended his partnership with former French ace Gilles Simon in early 2025, but he has not been able to reverse course yet and time passes quickly.
On the latest episode of his famous podcast, doubles legend and top analyst Rennae Stubbs admitted that the former world No.1 is in a very complicated situation: It is an emergency. We saw the meltdown in Washington. We saw him walk off the court in Toronto. He just left the court.
He has lost his confidence. He looks defeated. He looks confused. The guy never made errors; he is not returning as well. He is not serving well, which is costing him a lot as well.
