The Decline Of Daniil Medvedev, What Happened?

[@stacey7529]

There is no decline. He is number 4 in the world. He hasn't left the top 10 in years. He has had a bad run. It happens to everyone in tennis.

[@lupin8750]

@@jigsaw4571learn how to read lol

[@BlueberrySwede]

Agree, idiotic headline

[@miaoFoodNow]

In the meanwhile he is number 5

[@zweigackroyd7301]

He won no tournaments. This is a decline. But even the basic text acknowledges he had a solid year, and one might argue the decline is relative - there are other players who are simply better.

[@MOGG-cw7ff]

Medvedev still one of the best the only thing holding him back is his shoulder and he is number 4💀

[@rakshitkumar6717]

There is no decline he continuesly face sinner and alcaraz in quarter final and semi final who are best players in the world

[@Leejungwoo48]

Well he hasn't really declined... I think he's done very well just to keep up in the top 5 or so.

[@zweigackroyd7301]

How is dropping from 3 to 5 and not winning a single tournament in a year not a decline? It isn't a catastrophic decline, and like most analysis, this video is speculation, fuzzy thinking, and hot air. But objectively calling it a decline is correct.

[@Leejungwoo48]

@@zweigackroyd7301 I see your reasoning. But it's more of a subjective subtle thing for now. A tournament or title win only speaks to how well a player did in one tournament in a week or two. Where as top 5 ranking means he's still pretty consistently good. There is probably a lack of growth for sure in him. But if he falls out of the top 20 and continues to lose in early rounds to weaker opponents say outside of the top 30 then it would be more of a cement case that he's definitely declined (like Felix Auger or Denis Shapo).

[@zweigackroyd7301]

@@Leejungwoo48 I fully agree that his "decline" is fairly meaningless, but people read immense meaning into small, statistically expected variations. These same people remember the cases where they say player X is "done" and it turns out that way, but they forget when they say it and it turns out not to be true. Add to that the absurd criticism of some of these top players - I recently had an exchange with a guy insisting that Ruud has a mediocre backhand. What he meant was this wasn't his big weapon. Predicting a decline for any player is a good bet, because they all do eventually, and when you aren't specific about what that means (time frame, how much, etc), you can blow hot air or generate clicks from people who are outraged. If you look around in the world, most people spend a lot of time making predictions about the future (think the news), and most of them are usually wrong or so vague as to be meaningless.

[@Samupul]

Medvedev is still one of the best tennis players, however he lost one of his best weapons, his serve, mainly because of his recent shoulder injuries.

[@pascalrolla]

He didn't improve other guys did. He still plays the same style. People adapted

[@bujagawnisaitejagoud2461]

This video might have just aged like milk

[@helloilmaketennisedits]

It indeed has just aged like milk

[@saccount8009]

Its aged like milk. Medvedevs did the finger ear celebration and has unlocked a new celebration which means he will atleast get to the final of nitto atp

[@Undivided-X]

​@@saccount8009 Well, he's out

[@saccount8009]

@Undivided-X shit

[@saberdiamond3425]

Aged brilliantly honestly. At least as of Nov 16 2024

[@rayz6366]

Tbh its less about a Medvedev decline and more about Sinners rise, he just couldn’t stop running into him this year

[@bgrov40]

There seems to be no changes being made in Medvedev’s game. He still seems to be staying the same.

[@AlexBrown-xp7mt]

I still think he’s been at worst the 6th best player in the world this year. 1. Sinner 2. Alcaraz 3. Zverev 4. Djoker 5. Meddy 6. Fritz Could see Fritz above him based on the last couple of months, but still have him marginally ahead for now.

[@mosab.2815]

The reason is the emergence of two players who are not like the rest of the players, and here I mean Sener and Alcaraz, who are the project of two legends, and Medvedev’s style does not work with Sener and Alcaraz.

[@BurnsTennis]

Daniil should consider stop returning serve standing next to the fence....

[@l.rongardner2150]

Medsvedev just needs to get back on his "meds," and he'll be okay again.

[@wmfwarx5872]

Umm he didnt really decline. He just cant beat alcaraz and sinner. Hes basically still 3rd/4th best in the world, (i doubt zverev can beat meddy)

[@arongroen6655]

He just had a bad year after losing another grand slam final in January.

[@fuhgeddaboutit7848]

Just went to runner up at ATP finals. I think he's doing fine.

[@Undivided-X]

He's out.

[@SNAZINS]

naw that's fritz

[@miaoFoodNow]

Lost 2 out of 3 matches in the group stage

[@deflandre8286]

Thumb down for sensational clickbait. Medvedev is now no.4, not bad being 4th in th world.

[@AlexanderArsov]

Nothing very much happened. Daniil has simply passed his brief prime. It's not the rise of Jannik and Carlitos. Daniil in his prime could beat Djoko in top form and in the US Open final with flawless tennis, mentally as well as tactically and technically. He is far below that level now. He may return to it some day, but even so it will be for a very short time - if it happens at all.

[@federicotown8052]

he is still one of the best players in the world

[@yaoming-j6g]

The Young Guns (Sinner and Alcaraz) happened.

[@concepcionur2291]

Decline no! Es fin de exhaustivo año, sin parar, exigiendose demasiado. Así cualquiera termina sin querer saber de su profesión

[@federicotown8052]

Decline I feel like it's exaggerated !

[@stevenbill5651]

Sinner is Medvedev's nightmare 😂😂

[@roYTube68]

I don't want to take away anything from the win of Medevedev (... that played a very good match), but Sinner was visibly, not in form in Wimbledon. After the medical treatment Sinner received during the match, he wanted to contiue the match even though the physios suggested him to abandon.

[@federicotown8052]

Come on there is no decline !

[@ajtpjdmi3e]

Wasn't that punishment for your usual bad behavior?

[@mikeclose1763]

More bullsh-t

[@rossness6136]

He is a cheat!!!

[@maheshcb5150]

Sinner is

[@cokomoko7]

He was never even that good. I never understood the hype around him. Quite a boring player and only a hardcourt specialist. Nothing else.

[@dandan3045]

Calling someone who’s been in the atp top 5 since 2019 “not that good” is a custard brain comment.

[@sdmit2000]

Told us you don’t know tennis

[@mattjagar6324]

He’s literally one of the best players to emerge in the last decade. Slam, multiple masters, atp finals, and loads of big wins over top players

[@jokelot5221]

He was never that special. A classic pusher who beats opponents by outlasting them. He can't do that consistently against Alcaraz and Sinner who are young, fit and strong and in their prime, and are actually outlasting him instead and punching him off the court. He was lucky Golkovic over-exerted himself in 2021 when he went to that Olympics and then reached the Us Open final exhausted, otherwise he wouldn't win any slams. In the prime Goldkovic era from 2011 to 2017, he would probably win nothing. Maybe he could snatch a few masters in the Mr 40:15 and Weakdal era, from 2003 until 2011 😂

[@alexhunter7978]

This comment is total syphilis 😂

[@biscobisco1882]

He's not a fucking pusher - he's at his best when he's taking risks and painting the lines (as he did vs. Djokovic for his Slam win), and he knows this for the exact reason you cited, he knows he can't lock in and defend for long periods against the likes of Djoker, Sinner and Alcaraz. His fortunes turn on how dialled in his serves and winners are.

[@jokelot5221]

@@biscobisco1882 His approach to tennis is wrong. His technique is not good. And now, his mentality is also wrong. He is to one dimensional, far to much. And he hired Simon as his coach, a player that is literally a smaller version of himself. Its the same mistake Djokovic did when he hired Agassi, that is basically a similar thing. He should have hired someone that can teach him some attacking tennis, to develop him some weapon apart from that first serve, that is in my opinion just slightly above average, and he rarely does any variations with it. Also because of his limitations on his forehand technique, he is often forced to take some non-sensical decisions and often loses points that he should have won. Dont get me wrong, he is an incredible athlete for his height, in a way a freak, he has incredible endurance, but he wastes so much energy for being unable to generate appropriate offense. And what he does does not work what so ever against the elite players like Sinner, Alcaraz and Goldkovic when he is rested and motivated, in the important matches. They figured him out, and have a mental edge over him, which further sends him to the abyss. Im just honest, he is a very good player, he had a great potential, but he learn to play tennis the wrong way.

[@VladaBB]

"He was never that special" proves u didnt rly watch him with open eyes, and untalented guy who raw-dogged his way in top 5 by being smart player. Its hard to evolve with injury. Looking back oh his stats its clear that injury effects his forehand and his serve, especially serve. He is genius on court.

[@jokelot5221]

@@VladaBB "Genius on court", perhaps for players outside of top 100. For the elite, not really. Im not saying he is not talented or that he cant play tennis, but he is very limited and one dimensional, which is costing him of being more successful. Not that i care, but i think he should have had a different approach to tennis, for his own sake. He can, when focused be very tough to beat, but he gets into a mindset of opportunist to much, pushing way to much for his opppnents to fall appart, he is not going for his wins, and its costing him dearly against a young, quality opposition. There is a fine balance between offense and defense, and Medvedev is unable or unwiling finding that ballance.