Daniil Medvedev Documentary The Tennis Chessmaster
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00:00 Nicknamed the chess master, Danil Medvedev is one of the biggest names coming through
00:05 from the tennis world in the last few years.
00:08 He's been consistent, unpredictable and sometimes unshakable.
00:13 Today we'll be going through his life journey, his struggles, early days and the success
00:18 he has earned so far.
00:22 So tighten your seatbelts and let's go!
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00:34 Danil Sergeevich Medvedev was born on 11th of February 1996 in Moscow to Sergei Medvedev
00:42 and Olga Medvedeva.
00:44 Danil's father, a computer engineer, developed his own building materials business.
00:49 When he was six years old, his mother noticed an advertisement for group tennis lessons
00:54 at the pool, where he was taking swimming lessons.
00:58 His father encouraged him to enroll.
01:01 Medvedev's first tennis teacher was Yekaterina Krivtsova, a former coach of professional
01:08 tennis player Vera Zvenureva.
01:13 Medvedev played his first junior match in July 2009 at the age of 13 at a grade 4 tournament
01:19 in Estonia.
01:20 In December 2010, he won his first junior title as a qualifier at just his third tournament.
01:28 2012-13 would see Medvedev surge on the junior circuit as he won a total of six titles between
01:36 October 2012 and July 2013, which included four consecutive titles.
01:42 He made his junior Grand Slam debut at 2013 Junior Wimbledon, where he won his first round
01:49 match against Hong Seong-chan but lost in the second round to second seed Nikola Milievic.
01:57 Medvedev didn't have a very successful junior career, which he ended with a record of 109
02:04 wins and 43 losses.
02:06 He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Kremlin Cup, where he partnered with Aslan
02:13 Karadzhev in the doubles event.
02:16 In January 2017, Medvedev reached his first ATP singles final.
02:21 In the final at the Chennai Open, he lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in two sets.
02:28 As a result, Medvedev jumped 34 positions from 99 to 65 in the ATP rankings, a new career
02:35 high.
02:36 A month later in February, he continued his good form, when advancing to the quarterfinals
02:42 of both the Open Suite de France and the Open 13, losing to Joe Wilfred Tsonga and Lucas
02:48 Pouillet, respectively.
02:51 Medvedev registered his maiden Grand Slam match win at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships,
02:57 defeating fifth seed and world number three Stan Wawrinka in the first round in four sets,
03:04 but he lost in the next round to Ruben Bemelmans.
03:08 Medvedev started the 2018 season by qualifying for the Sydney International.
03:12 He reached the final, which he won against Australian Alex de Menor.
03:18 In August, Medvedev won his second ATP title at the 2018 Winston Salem Open, after defeating
03:25 Steve Johnson in straight sets.
03:28 Then in October that year, Medvedev won his first ATP 500 and third career ATP title in
03:34 Tokyo as a qualifier, overcoming Japanese star and number three seeded Kei Nishikori
03:40 in straight sets in the final.
03:43 This triumph brought him to a new career high ranking of number 22 and made him the number
03:49 one player in Russia.
03:51 The victory also marked the third consecutive final that Medvedev had beaten the home favorite
03:57 in to win the title.
03:59 Medvedev continued his strong form by reaching the Kremlin Cup semifinal, losing to his countryman
04:06 and eventual champion, Karen Kashanov.
04:09 One week later, he made the semifinals at the ATP 500 Swiss Indoors event, which he
04:15 lost to tennis legend Roger Federer.
04:19 Medvedev finished 2018 with the most hard-court match wins of any player on the ATP tour with
04:26 38 wins.
04:28 He also had the most titles on hard-court tournaments three time with Roger Federer,
04:34 Novak Djokovic and Karen Kashanov.
04:38 Medvedev started the 2019 season strongly by reaching the final of the Brisbane International.
04:46 He defeated not one, but three former top five players on the way to the final, Andy
04:51 Murray, Milos Raonic and Joe Wilfrid Tsonga, who he lost to Kei Nishikori.
04:56 At the 2019 Australian Open, Medvedev was seeded 15th, the first time he was seeded
05:03 in a Grand Slam event.
05:05 He reached the round of 16 for the first time in his career, where he was defeated by eventual
05:10 champion Djokovic in four sets.
05:13 In February, Medvedev won his fourth ATP title at the Sofia Open, beating Marton Fucsovic
05:20 in the final in straight sets.
05:22 The following week, he lost in the semifinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Rotterdam against
05:29 Gael Monfield.
05:31 Medvedev entered the 2019 Monte Carlo Masters having only won two of his first 13 career
05:37 matches on clay courts.
05:39 Despite this, Medvedev reached his first ever Masters 1000 quarterfinal at the tournament
05:46 after defeating world number eight Stefano Sitsipas in the third round.
05:51 In the quarterfinals, Medvedev earned his first triumph of a world number one ranked
05:55 player when he defeated Noak Djokovic in three sets.
06:02 His run ended in the semifinals against Dusan Lajovic in straight sets.
06:08 The following week at the Barcelona Open, Medvedev earned his third successive top ten
06:13 victory to reach his first ATP tour final on clay.
06:17 In the final, Medvedev was defeated by world number five Dominic Thiem in straight sets.
06:24 Medvedev entered the US Open as the world number five.
06:27 He was one of the leading contenders to end the dominant streak of Djokovic, Nadal and
06:32 Roger Federer at Grand Slam tournaments.
06:35 In the quarterfinals, he beat former champion Wawrinka in four sets.
06:40 In doing so, he became the first Russian player to reach the semifinals of a major since Mikhail
06:46 Yuzheny at the 2010 US Open.
06:49 Additionally, the victory earned Medvedev a place at the ATP finals.
06:55 He became the first Russian man to qualify for the finals as a non-alternate player since
07:00 2009 when Nikolai Davydenko won the title.
07:06 Medvedev reached his first Grand Slam final after beating former number three Grigor Dimitrov
07:11 in the semifinals in straight sets.
07:14 In the final, however, the Russian player was defeated by Nadal in five sets.
07:19 Medvedev opened the 2020 season at the inaugural edition of the ATP Cup as Russia's top-ranked
07:25 singles player.
07:26 He led his nation to the semifinals where they were eliminated by the Serbian team.
07:33 And Medvedev suffered his only singles defeat of the event against world number two Djokovic.
07:39 At the Australian Open, Medvedev was eliminated in the fourth round by former champion Stan
07:45 Wawrinka in five sets.
07:48 During the February indoor season, Medvedev suffered early defeats in Rotterdam and Marseille.
07:54 At the French Open, Medvedev exited the tournament in the first round for the fourth consecutive
08:00 year, this time losing against Marton Fuksovic.
08:05 Medvedev qualified for the ATP finals for the second consecutive year and went on to
08:09 become the undefeated champion.
08:12 He won all his matches in the round-robin stage in straight sets, beating Alexander
08:17 Zverev, Djokovic and Diego Schwarzman.
08:21 He maintained his form in the 2021 season as well.
08:26 At the second edition of the ATP Cup in February, Medvedev led Team Russia to the title, going
08:32 4-0 in singles.
08:35 Following his ATP Cup triumph, Medvedev reached his second Grand Slam final at the Australian
08:41 Open.
08:42 He bagged straight-set victories over Andrey Rublev and Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals
08:47 and semifinals respectively.
08:49 In the final, he was defeated by eight-time champion Djokovic in straight sets, and thus
08:56 ending his 20-match winning streak and his 12-match winning streak against top 10 opponents.
09:03 On 13 April, Medvedev tested positive for the coronavirus and was forced to withdraw
09:09 from the 2021 Monte Carlo Masters.
09:13 Seated second at Wimbledon, Medvedev reached the fourth round for the first time in his
09:18 career after beating 2017 finalist Marin Cilic in five sets.
09:23 This marked first time in the Open era that three Russians, Medvedev, Rublev and Kashanov,
09:30 have advanced to the last 16 at the All England Club since 2006.
09:36 Medvedev failed to reach the quarterfinals after losing to Hubert Huracály in a match
09:41 interrupted by rain delays.
09:44 Medvedev entered the men's singles and the men's doubles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics,
09:50 representing the Russian Olympic Committee.
09:52 In the doubles, Medvedev and partner Aslan Karadzev were defeated in the first round
09:58 by the Slovak pairing of Filip Pulisic and Lukáš Klein.
10:03 In the singles, Medvedev saw straight sets victories against Kazakh Alexander Bublik
10:09 and Indian Sumit Nagal in a three-set win against Italian Fabio Fognini to reach the
10:15 quarterfinals.
10:16 In the quarterfinals, Medvedev was ousted by Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta.
10:23 At the US Open, Medvedev defeated Djokovic in straight sets in the final to win his first
10:29 major title.
10:30 At the same time, he became the first Russian man to win this tournament since Marat Safin
10:36 won the 2000 US Open.
10:39 He dropped only one set in the entire tournament.
10:43 The final received immense attention, as Djokovic was vying to become only the second man in
10:49 the Open Era to achieve a calendar year Grand Slam.
10:54 Now moving on to his personal life, Medvedev married Daria in 2018 after living with her
10:59 for four years.
11:00 A former top-hundred junior tennis player, Daria studied journalism.
11:06 "Daria is my main support.
11:08 I cannot say anything without her.
11:11 She showed me the beauty of life which I had never seen before.
11:15 Life is beautiful.
11:16 I would like to live all my life with her.
11:19 She is much more confident than me.
11:21 She showed me how to handle life," he said.
11:25 As of 2021, Medvedev has earned around $17.2 million in prize money from tournaments.
11:32 He endorses brands including La Costa, BMW and Tinkoff.
11:37 The Russian star is fond of luxury cars, especially BMW.
11:42 He often works with the company and is seen posting alongside a white BMW.
11:48 And there you have it guys.
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