Medvedev rose to reach the semifinals of the Masters 1,000 in Rome

You won’t like playing clay too much, but the resources of Daniel Medvedev so much so that silence is already in the semifinals of Rome Masters 1,000a full declaration of intent to approach Roland Garros (May 28-June 11) as a discreet ‘cover’ for the main candidates for the title.

The Russian, 27 years old and world number 3, is a knockout Yannick Hanfman (101st and from the previous stage) by double 6-2 and equaled in Rome his best result in a Masters 1,000 tournament on clay: the semifinals of Monte Carlo’2019when he loses against dusan lajovic after removing a Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic in previous rounds.

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Clay Court Specialist? 👀@DaniilMedwed into the semi-finals of Rome with a 6-2 6-2 win over Hanfmann!#IBI23 pic.twitter.com/wPYwF4nARV

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Medvedev is falling into an unusual period, to the point that he is currently number 1 in Racethe ranking of the current year, with 3,660 points, better than Carlos Alcaraz (3,455), the other sensation in 2023 after regaining in Rome the world throne occupied by Djokovic until now.

Medvedev is the tennis player with the most victories this year both on the circuit (37) and in Masters 1,000 tournaments (18). In a month of February and March held by the magic wand, he chained a streak of 26 victories in 27 games to lift four trophies. (Rotterdam, Doha, Dubai and Miami): only Alcaraz interrupted that successful streak of the Russian by defeating him in the final of Indian Wells.

The Russian performs like a fish in water on hard courts (he has won 18 of his 19 ATP titles there), but struggles more on clay, where he has played only one final in his career, which he lost against Dominic Thiem within Conde de Godó Trophy of Barcelona 2019.

In Rome he will try to play the second: the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th) or the Croatian Borna Coric (16th) will be his opponent in the semifinals. Medvedev has never shone at Roland Garros (the 2021 quarterfinals are his best results), but his current form will make him a real danger to anyone at the Grand Slam of Paris.