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Mailbag Question:
Rewatching the highlights of Alcaraz Medvedev at Wimbledon, it was amazing to see how Alcaraz could run him around the court, especially on his serve. Because Medvedev had so much space to cover on each shot, Carlos was given every opportunity to be creative. Carlos’ willingness to be creative is crucial for this matchup.
Playing Medvedev is tricky for a lot of players. Certain players like Alcaraz thrive when asked to be creative on the court, but others sort of freeze. Medvedev’s few negative head-to-heads with any player (14 over 3 matches) show how difficult he makes it to pull this off against him. Some examples to highlight this effect:
Alcaraz (1-2),
Kyrgios (1-4),
Mannarino (3-4),
Federer (0-3), *all matches before summer 2019
Sinner (6-0),
Khachanov (4-1),
Rublev (5-2),
Zverev (9-6), *9-2 since 2019
Is one of the biggest requirements to defeat Medvedev a willingness to create?
Do Mannarino, Simon (1-3), RBA (2-5) have a different effective approach? Thanks!”
WillM297 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/09/23