“His Shots Have So Many Unusual Spins” – Kei Nishikori On Daniil Medvedev

Ever since Kei Nishikori turned pro in 2007, he has played all most 600 matches facing many tennis players. So, this makes him a good judge of other tennis players. That being said, let’s take a look at his opinion on the other tennis players on the ATP tour.

Kei Nishikori On Other Players On The ATP Tour

Kei Nishikori talked about other players on the ATP tour in one of his live videos, as revealed by Seiadoumogera/Twitter. He started off by talking about Russian star Daniil Medvedev. He said,

“Other than the Big Three, Medvedev is tough to play for me, he has a long reach and his shots have so many unusual spins, not top spins, but spins like backspins”

I am sure many people will find Daniil Medvedev a tough player to play against. After all, he was the 2019 US Open finalist. Moving on, Kei Nishikori named some other players who were tough to play against. He said,

“Big servers like Isner and Raonic are tough to play for me. Raonic also has good strokes. Monfils is also tough to play, he is the most athletic player in the Tour.”

Kei Nishikori certainly has some interesting opinions about other players. Apart from talking about players who were tough to play against, Kei talked about a player who he wanted to play doubles with. He said,

“Dimi, Dimitrov. With him, I’m sure we can be a very strong pair. I’ve played with him, he is a good doubles player, he is strong in singles for sure,”

Maybe, we will see both of them winning some doubles titles. But first Kei Nishikori will be focused on recovering from a right elbow injury that forced him out of many tournaments.

The suspension of the ATP tour has provided the perfect opportunity for him to recover fully. When the suspension ends we can expect him to have recovered well and chase for some titles.