{"id":229217,"date":"2025-10-28T01:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T01:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/229217\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T01:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T01:42:08","slug":"daniil-medvedev-says-whats-a-better-achievement-between-reaching-a-grand-slam-final-and-winning-an-atp-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/229217\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev says what’s a better achievement between reaching a Grand Slam final and winning an ATP 250"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daniil Medvedev finally ended his title drought at the Almaty Open, ending the 882-day wait for a tour-level crown. <\/p>\n

Over two years after his triumph at the 2023 Italian Open, Medvedev beat Corentin Moutet<\/a> in the final of the ATP<\/a> 250 event in Kazakhstan to hoist his 21st title.<\/p>\n

The trophy was his first under the wing of new coaches Thomas Johansson and Rohan Goetzke, whom he appointed after his first-round exit at the US Open. <\/p>\n

\"DaniilPhoto by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Medvedev<\/a> has been in fine form since hiring Johansson and Goetzke, having enjoyed a successful Asian swing before clinching the Almaty Open title. <\/p>\n

Ahead of his run at the Paris Masters<\/a>, the former world number one reflected on the most recent addition to his trophy cabinet, and how much he values it. <\/p>\n

Daniil Medvedev discusses his triumph at the Almaty Open <\/p>\n

When asked if the title in Almaty was a weight off his shoulders in an interview with Tennis TV<\/a>, Medvedev said: \u201cI mean, it depends which way you look at it.<\/p>\n

He explained: \u201cBecause I always ask myself what is better, being in the final of a [Grand] Slam or winning a [ATP] 250. Probably being in the final of a Slam, and I wasn\u2019t [in the final of a major] this year.\u201d <\/p>\n

In 2025, Medvedev recorded his worst Grand Slam season in eight years, having failed to advance past the second round of a major for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n

Australian Open \u2013 Second round, lost to Learner TienRoland Garros \u2013 First round, lost to Cameron NorrieWimbledon \u2013 First round, lost to Benjamin BonziUS Open \u2013 First round, lost to Benjamin Bonzi<\/p>\n

The Russian continued: \u201cBut it\u2019s still a good feeling [to win the Almaty Open]. I would say that when I won it, I was a bit surprised with how long I hadn\u2019t won a title for.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat actually should be kind of motivation for me to try to repeat another title sooner than this period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DaniilPhoto by Lintao Zhang\/Getty ImagesDaniil Medvedev speaks on the importance of his Asian swing<\/p>\n

During September and October, Medvedev reached the quarterfinals of the Hangzhou Open before recording back-to-back semifinal finishes in Beijing and Shanghai. <\/p>\n

He said of his time on the Asian swing: \u201cI played great there. I played great in Beijing and Shanghai. I didn\u2019t play that badly in Hangzhou, but it could have served better for the match.<\/p>\n

Medvedev lost his quarterfinal clash with Yibing Wu at the Hangzhou Open despite serving for the match in the second set. <\/p>\n

\u201cThen Vienna was a bit tough physically, but even there, I played two good matches,\u201d said the 29-year-old, who lost to Moutet in his second match at the Vienna Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know when I play my best tennis, I can win titles and it can be a 250, it can be a Masters 1000 or it can be something bigger, so I\u2019m happy with the way it\u2019s progressing, and I\u2019m looking forward to more.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his first match at the Paris Masters, Medvedev will take on Swiss Indoors semifinalist Jaume Munar. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Daniil Medvedev finally ended his title drought at the Almaty Open, ending the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1308,11818,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-229217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-daniil-medvedev","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}