Russian tennis star Medvedev says it is all to play for at the ATP Finals
Daniil Medvedev, the world’s fifth-ranked men’s tennis player, says that anyone in the eight-man field can triumph at the ATP Finals, amid claims that Serbian star Novak Djokovic is the man to beat at the ongoing event in Turin, Italy.
Both Medvedev and Djokovic have been drawn in a fiercely competitive group which also features Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas in what is the final event of the 2022 ATP campaign as several of the world’s best players battle it out to end the year on a high, and claim 1,500 points to boost the winner’s world ranking.
But while some players will enter the tournament in top form, Medvedev says that the tournament will likely be decided by fine margins and that no single player should be considered a favorite over the rest of the field.
“I don’t think there is an answer to this question,” Medvedev said when asked about Djokovic’s status as the bookmaker’s pick to win.
“In the Nitto ATP Finals there is no favourite player, all tennis players are at the same time. There are great tennis players and you never really know who arrives in better mental or physical shape at the last tournament of the year.”
Djokovic, though, has been cited as being in career-best form ahead of the event as he looks to close what was a controversial 2022 on a high.
The Serb began his year by being deported from Australia ahead of the Australian Open for falling foul of the country’s Covid-19 vaccination requirements at the time.