Gaël Monfils hurts Daniil Medvedev doubly with sensational victory | Tennis

Monfils served very varied and did not give his opponent almost ten years younger a rhythm in the rally. After Monfils had leveled the score, there was no stopping it in the third set for Medvedev, who was unable to make a fist in the final phase. On his sixth game point, the number 28 in the world was hit with a nice backhand.

Due to the defeat, Medvedev will soon lose his first place in the world ranking to Novak Djokovic, who was absent from Indian Wells. The Russian should have reached at least the quarterfinals to remain number one. Djokovic will not compete in both Indian Wells and Miami because he did not enter the US unvaccinated.

Nadal

Incidentally, both men are not the star of the year so far. That’s Rafael Nadal – undefeated in 2022, and winner of three tournaments this year. In the final of the Australian Open, Nadal settled with Medvedev from a beaten position. In Indian Wells, the 35-year-old Spaniard was also in heavy weather in the second round, but Sebastian Korda forgot to pull the trigger.