Daniil Medvedev Ends His 2019 Season as He Pulls Out From Davis Cup Finals

World Number four, Daniil Medvedev has withdrawn from Davis Cup Finals 2019 next week in Madrid, Spain. Having played a few taxing matches in London this week, Medvedev pulled out from the Davis Cup tour due to fatigue reasons. His withdrawal has been confirmed by the captain of the Russian national team, Shamil Tarpishchev.

The Russian Davis Cup team will now comprise of World Number 17, Karen Khachanov, World Number 23, Andrey Rublev and World Number 114, Evgeny Donskoy.

After reaching six straight finals on the ATP Tour, Medvedev’s form on the professional courts deteriorated. He lost four consecutive matches on the ATP circuit. The first one came in Paris Bercy and the next three at ATP World Tour Finals 2019 in London.

On the O2 Arena, the Russian Machine, Daniil Medvedev lost to the Greek, Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Spanish World Number one, Rafael Nadal after facing a match point, and then to the defending champion, Alexander Zverev.

“I tried to remember if I actually had any good 1st-time experience in tennis like I don’t know, coming to first Slam & winning, going in the semis. I don’t think I ever did it, so I’m really the guy who needs to know how it is before to really get into it,” Medvedev said after his exit in London. 

“I had, I would say, one tough week outside of tennis & I think it cost me a little bit of tennis level in Bercy and then I couldn’t keep up with it. Is it also coming from the results I had earlier this season? It is completely possible, but I’m not sure it is,” he added.

Zverev’s win over Medvedev earned him the ticket to the semifinals of ATP World Tour Finals 2019. “Daniil had nothing to lose here. For me, this was a must-win situation,” Zverev said. “All credit to Daniil. It’s been an unbelievable season for him, and I think he’s going to be very dangerous next year as well.”