"I sincerely congratulate (Medvedev) on your victory in London. In the midst of exciting and intense events, you have demonstrated excellent training level, skill and real combat effectiveness, and continue the glorious tradition of our national men's tennis. ”
The 2020 ATP Year-end Finals has been over for many days, and Russian star Medvedev defeated Thiem 2-1 in the men's singles final to lift the year-end finals championship trophy for the first time in his career and win a wave of ten consecutive wins.
Looking at the entire process of the Russians winning the championship, it can be said that it is full of gold!
Medvedev first defeated the current world number one Djokovic in the group stage, then won the current world number two Nadal in the semi-finals, and won the current world third Thiem in the final, the first player to achieve this achievement in the year-end finals after the establishment of the ranking system in 1973.
To this end, even Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Medvedev on his outstanding performance and published a statement at the beginning of the article.
Putin mentioned in his congratulatory speech that Medvedev's victory is a continuation of the glorious tradition of the Russian men's tennis, so who are the players of the previous generation he is referring to?
Turning over the history of Men's Tennis in Russia, it can be said that it is quite brilliant, and the fans are most impressed by Marat Safin, who is known as the Tsar.
Once ranked no. 1 in the world in the highest singles ranking, he won two Grand Slams and five Masters titles in his career, and was officially inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (Russia's first) in July 2016.
Fast forward, Kafernikov was the player who brought the Russian men's tennis into the public eye, and he also had two Grand Slam trophies and reached the top of the world.
It is worth mentioning that Kafernikov was also the men's singles champion at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
In addition, the strong personality of Yuzni is also almost a household name for the Russian men's tennis player, he announced his retirement in the recent 2018 season.
In the history of the ATP year-end finals, in addition to Medvedev, there is also a Russian male player who has won the championship, that is, the famous labor model Davidenko.
With a height of 1.80 meters, general talent and no outstanding technical composition, Davidenko has made up for everything with his own efforts and firmly occupied a place in the fiercely competitive men's tennis.
In the 2009 year-end finals, he defeated the Swedish cannon Sodlin in the group stage life and death battle, and the Russians who reached the semifinals defeated Federer and Del Potro in succession, and finally shocked everyone by winning the championship.
Davidenko, who won the biggest prize of his career ($1.5 million), smiled after the game and said he finally had the money to buy a house in Moscow.
After eleven years, Medvedev won this championship again, at the same time, Rublev, Khachanov and other players have performed well, and the Russian men's tennis team is becoming a tiger and wolf division that cannot be ignored! (Source: House of Tennis Author: Barbie)