On March 13, Beijing time, the men's singles of the 2022 ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters entered the second round of competition. This match is Medvedev's first appearance on the Tour as a men's singles world number one, and his fifth appearance at the Indian Wells Masters, and his opponent today is the 158th czech post-00 player Mahać in the world ranking.
During the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters, Medvedev accepted his world number one trophy, and he witnessed the moment with coach Gilles Sevara, agent Oliver van Lindenk, physicalist Eric Fernandez, and wife Dalia.
Medvedev said: "There will be a lot of pressure to become the number one in the world, but it will also give me more motivation. I will do my best to do my best and I will try to earn as many points as possible no matter which race I participate in. In the first game after officially reaching the first place in the world, how Medvedev will perform, look forward to it!
In the first set, Medvedev faced the break point as soon as he came up with his first serve, but fortunately there was no danger in the end, and at the beginning, Medvedev's favorite way of playing on the Internet took a while to gradually use it. In the 6th set, Medvedev broke Mahać's serve by pulling away from both sides and took advantage of the break to win a set 6-3.
In the second set, Medvedev took advantage of the victory to take a 5-1 lead after breaking Mahać's serve twice, and although Mahać defused a match point in the 7th set, Medvedev then successfully won his first serve to win the match and went down 6-2, thus defeating Mahać in two sets.
After achieving the first win at the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters to reach the top of the world, Medvedev said: "It's a great feeling, something I've always dreamed of having, but at the same time I want to do better, I want to win more." For example, the Australian Open, of course I want to win, and it is very close, but in the end it did not work, I think it does not matter, if there is another chance to do better, I should be stronger. The more championships you get, the more points you get, the longer you have a chance to stay in the world number one position, and that's the most important thing for me. ”