Medvedev in the 2022 season is not smooth.
Although he won the 2021 US Open after Tim, he still stepped on Djokovic to win the title, but 2022 did not go as everyone expected, he was reversed by Nadal in the Australian Open final, and the subsequent matches failed to reach the final: Alpulco stopped in the semi-finals. The Indiana Wells Masters stopped in the third round and the Miami Masters stopped in the quarterfinals.
The only thing worth celebrating is the world number one ranking for the three weeks from February 28 to March 20.
| Hernia surgery, temporarily away from the field for 1-2 months
As we all know, Medvedev does not like clay events, of course, because of his poor performance in clay events.
On April 2, the beginning of the clay race, Medvedev announced on his personal platform that he would have hernia surgery and leave the arena for 1-2 months.
So far, Medvedev's record on clay is only 15 wins and 21 losses, and his record at the French Open has been a round trip for four consecutive years from 2017 to 2020. Last year's French Open he broke the shackles of tradition, winning four consecutive games and eventually losing to his "ordinary colleague" Tsitsipas.
At first, Medvedev and his team definitely wanted to skip clay races, so they scheduled the operation in early April. In this way, surgery + recuperation, it takes 1-2 months, it is the perfect realization of the idea of not hitting the red soil.
Someone broke the news that Medvedev started training directly on the hard ground after the operation.
| Suspended from Wimbledon, playing at the French Open, or directly preparing for hard courts?
Planning is not as fast as changing.
On April 20, Wimbledon announced that Russian and Belarusian players would be banned from participating in this year's Wimbledon matches, which completely disrupted his rhythm. If Wimbledon can't be played, then the whole of June will lose its meaning.
Either compete in the French Open on May 23, or start a hard-court tournament directly in July to prepare for the US Open.
Obviously, the former is more likely, after all, the latter is more expensive.
Medvedev resumed training on clay courts, after all, grand slam tournaments, or a rush.
Some netizens left a message that Medvedev has been fully prepared for the Australian Open and the US Open 2 hardcore Grand Slam competitions throughout the year, after all, like Naomi Osaka, the natural venue has always been poor. What do you think?