After losing two sets to Hulkach in the early hours of this morning, Medvedev lost a crucial match. Once again, he watched As Djokovic continued to "lie flat" in the world number one, his mood was extremely depressed without thinking about it!
From the 7-6 score in the first set, it can be seen how fierce the two people are fighting, until they grab the seventh set, hulkach won the first set with a slight advantage.
In the second set, not long after the start, Hulkac directly took the initiative in his hands and laughed until the end, eliminating Medvedev 6-3 and winning another crucial game of his career against the Grand Slam champion!
Losing this game was a real loss for Medvedev! Not only did his hopes of returning to the world number one shattered, but it also made the outside world question his former world number one strength lack. At least one thing can be said that even if Medvedev always wants to compete with the Big Three, if he wants to quickly become someone like the Big Three, he still has a long way to go.
In fact, before the game against Hulkach, some people were not very optimistic that the Russians could return to the world number one with a complete victory. The core reason is that Medvedev was the more psychologically stressed side of this game from beginning to end.
Medvedev's desire to quickly return to the world number one position, this mentality of wanting to win too much, without thinking about it, will make him carry a heavy psychological burden on every ball he hits. If the game is tightly clenched by the opponent and enters a state of glue, it is easiest to take the lead in crashing and losing the game in the case that Medvedev cannot quickly calm his mind.
Although Medvedev's Grand Slam champion and world number one have been involved, this glory is really not necessarily a good thing for the current Russians, because all players will fight with a strong impact mentality when they play against him.
Although Hulkac's achievements are currently inferior to Medvedev's, he has always performed well in such an important field as the Masters, and won the final championship in Miami last year. With this experience, it can be said that on the court in Miami, he knows how to deal with his opponents.
In addition, Medvedev has held a good game since the Australian Open, and after being reversed by Nadal, it seems that he has not come out of a huge blow. Coming to Miami and wanting to quickly return to the world number one position, which also makes him face the pressure of being overwhelmed in every round of the game, as long as there is a slight psychological or emotional mistake, he will lose the game.
There is still a significant change in Medvedev now, and he has lost the mood of last year's US Open.
Last year's Medvedev, whether it is morale or domineering on the field, let people see the shadow of the big three when they were young. But since this year's Australian Open final, he has become a bit sluggish.
As a professional player, it is really crucial to be able to interpret victories and defeats, as well as to be able to afford to put them down. Because there are so many tennis tournaments, almost every week, if you face defeat and can't get out of the shadow of failure as soon as possible, it will certainly be difficult to make a difference. This is precisely where Medvedev is currently most deficient compared to the Big Three.
After Miami hit the world number one and returned without success, the following clay season was even more difficult for Medvedev!
First, the British side has made it clear that russian and Belarusian players need to make their position clear, otherwise they may be turned away from the game.
For Medvedev, taking a stand means being subjected to a stronger internet storm from his own netizens; not taking a stand may lose more opportunities to play, and without thinking about it, it will have a certain impact on his mood.
Second, the clay has always been Medvedev's short board, as the king of the new generation of hard courts, it is obvious that he is even less optimistic in the clay season.
Now for Medvedev, it can be described as a domestic and foreign dilemma! If he does not learn to quickly find a balance between gain and loss, not only will he lose the expectations of netizens in the clay season, it may be difficult to do anything, and even the hard ground he is best at may be lost quickly. Because, in addition to giants such as Djokovic and Nadal, the younger post-00s power stars have also joined the fierce competition in the men's tennis world, leaving him with little time to adjust. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Starry Sky of The Moon River)