“He can. He can do it for three sets, step up, down the line, strong shot, and then he’s super fast to cover the forehand side. If you try to wrong-foot him, to go on his backhand, he basically doesn’t wrong-foot, so he’s there.
“It’s just not easy to play him, but at the same time, I have to say I enjoy it. I had some really good matches against him, even the ones I lost, and it’s like a tough challenge, which I will always try to win.”
While Medvedev has not beaten the tour’s now-dominant force since Wimbledon two years ago, he also had his chances in this year’s Indian Wells final where he fell just shy in two tiebreak sets.
