{"id":159127,"date":"2025-09-15T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/159127\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T19:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:25:08","slug":"former-world-number-one-criticizes-daniil-medvedev-and-claims-his-real-problem-is-not-his-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/159127\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world number one criticizes Daniil Medvedev and claims his real problem is not his coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Daniil Medvedev will begin life under his new coach, Thomas Johansson, at the Hangzhou Open, an ATP 250 event in China. <\/p>\n

After his first-round exit at the US Open, Medvedev parted ways with Gilles Cervara<\/a>, his longtime coach who helped guide him to a maiden Grand Slam title.<\/p>\n

It was a tough, but necessary choice for the former world number one, who has seen his ATP<\/a> ranking tumble to as low as 18th in the world this season.<\/p>\n

Medvedev has since hired Johansson<\/a> ahead of the Asian swing, who has previously worked with Caroline Wozniacki, David Goffin, and Kei Nishikori. <\/p>\n

The appointment is not a worthwhile one, however, in the eyes of a former world number one, who has criticised the 29-year-old. <\/p>\n

\"DaniilPhoto by Selcuk Acar\/Anadolu via Getty ImagesDaniil Medvedev\u2019s coaching switch-up criticized ahead of Asian swing<\/p>\n

As per Championat<\/a>, two-time Grand Slam champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov said: \u201cUnderstand, the problem is this \u2013 athletes of that status don\u2019t want to listen to anyone, they don\u2019t take anyone seriously.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever you give to Medvedev now, he won\u2019t see that person as a coach, as a mentor, and follow everything they say flawlessly. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMedvedev already has a huge number of titles. I don\u2019t know what he wants to achieve, what motivation he still has left. To win a Grand Slam tournament? To return to No. 1 in the rankings? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, everything isn\u2019t as bright as many would like to think. Next year he\u2019ll already be 30 years old \u2014 that\u2019s the age when any radical changes won\u2019t bring much benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DaniilPhoto by Elsa\/Getty ImagesDaniil Medvedev made the right decision to change coaches<\/p>\n

Though it may not work out in the end, Medvedev<\/a> ultimately made the correct decision to part ways with Cervara and change coaches.<\/p>\n

The former US Open champion has been a shell of his former self during the 2025 season, crashing out in the early stages of all four Grand Slam events. <\/p>\n

He has yet to win a title since his triumph at the Italian Open in 2023, and has made just one final this year, which came at the Halle Open. <\/p>\n

Medvedev can look to Naomi Osaka for inspiration<\/a>, who herself has rediscovered her form under the wing of new coach Tomasz Wiktorowski. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev will begin life under his new coach, Thomas Johansson, at the Hangzhou Open, an ATP 250…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,26603,99,428,96998],"class_list":{"0":"post-159127","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-yevgeny-kafelnikov"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}