MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) \u2014 After the season he’s coming off, 2021 U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev is celebrating his run to the third round at the Australian Open as positive progress.<\/p>\n
His results in Grand Slam events in 2025 \u2014 losing in the first round at the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open after a second-round exit in Australia<\/a>, after smashing a tiny camera<\/a> attached to the net while avoiding a monumental upset in the first \u2014 were his worst since his debut season in 2017.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n He lost his cool in New York and was fined<\/a> $42,500 by the U.S. Open \u2014 more than a third of his $110,000 tournament prize money \u2014 for his meltdown during a first-round loss<\/a> after a photographer wandered onto the court during the match.<\/p>\n He won a single title in 2025 \u2014 at Almaty, Kazakhstan in October \u2014 from 24 tournaments contested, and only reached one other final. He has 22 career titles.<\/p>\n Nothing much was working for the three-time Australian Open runner-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n So after he dropped the first set Wednesday against French qualifier Quentin Halys in the second round, he had to mentality set it aside and start all over again.<\/p>\n \u201cPerformance could be better I think, but a win is a win,\u201d he said. \u201cLast year on Slams, when people played good against me, I was struggling.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019m happy that I managed to win it, turning it around and … looking forward for next rounds.\u201d<\/p>\n He reached three finals in four years at the Australian Open but lost them all, including the 2024 championship to Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n