Medvedev resets the counter: "It's a new interesting project in my career"

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Daniil Medvedev returns to the court three weeks after his last match. A match that has been a turning point in his career. The Russian fell in the first round of the US Open against Benjamin Bonzi in a match where everything happened. The Moscow native was two sets down and facing match point, and the early entrance of a photographer opened a can of worms. 

Medvedev saw it as his only chance to get back into the match and clashed with the referee, stopping the match for five minutes. He won over the crowd, hungry for more tennis, saved the match point, and leveled the score 2-2. However, in the fifth set, he succumbed to a resilient Bonzi. But the Russian's show didn't end there; he smashed his racket several times, and worst of all, his image was tarnished, just like his game, unable to go beyond the second round in any of the four Grand Slams of the season. Criticism soon followed, leading to a $42,500 fine and the end of his professional relationship with Gilles Cervara after eight years.

Medvedev had to start from scratch to try to save himself after a worrying 2025, where he is seen very erratic and lacking competitive hunger. That's why he has entrusted not one but two coaches: Thomas Johansson and Rohan Goetzke. The former, who was the Australian Open champion in 2002 and coached, among others, Wozniacki and Goffin. While Goetzke coached Richard Krajicek, with whom he won Wimbledon in 1996, and was the tennis director at the IMG Academy for seven years.

"It hasn't been an easy decision"

Upon his arrival at the ATP Hangzhou, where he will begin his Asian tour, the current world number 18 talked about this new journey: "It hasn't been an easy decision, but I am happy to try with them for the rest of the season and then, for the next season, I will see how it goes. I love how they work. I love what they say, and it's an interesting new project in my career," he stated in comments collected by ATP.

He also mentioned that this break has been beneficial and that in his recent training sessions, he seems to have rediscovered the tennis that had disappeared: "I didn't play tennis for about two weeks after the US Open because I knew the next tournament would take a while to arrive. Last week, I had a very good training week. I had some of my best workouts of this year, maybe the best. The goal would be to try to recreate this on the court because if I can do that, I can win tournaments or play good tennis, and that's what's most important to me," said Medvedev, who aims to improve his performance in these last months of competition to gain momentum for a crucial 2026 in his career.
 

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