Eliminated in the group stage of the Masters, after finishing behind Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz, Daniil Medvedev completes a season without a title for the first time since 2017.
During the Winamax show “Sans Filet”, former French player Julien Varlet exposed the current limits of the Russian's game against the best players in the world.
“I see a Daniil Medvedev who is reaching the limits of his game. Alcaraz is hyper creative, Sinner has progressed enormously tactically in certain areas of the game. But I would say that there, Daniil is stagnating. Certainly, he beats 95% of opponents. But if he wants to look for something else, he will have to improve his game, that is undeniable. If he remains in his role of being a little far away, a little passive, of waiting and playing, the others step on him a little. Against Sinner at 4–4 in the second set, he lost a long game that he had won before. Even if he begins to be beaten in his field, he must tell himself that something must change. He is a player who must come to the net, take the ball a little earlier, cut the trajectories. For me, its evolution is not necessarily to hit harder but to cut the trajectories. He is quite far from his line, he plays very literally, but does not play forward in a V. You have to come and cut the trajectory, take the ball a little earlier. »
Published on Friday November 15, 2024 at 1:28 p.m.
