“He can win the tournament. Daniel is already at that level so that Nadal is not afraid. Rafael is still aged, and the responsibility is already crushing him that he must win this match, ”the Championship expert quotes the expert.
In his opinion, the main trump card of Nadal in the upcoming game is experience, but the Russian tennis player may well play this match on his own.
“Daniel got in good shape, he is now on the wave, so he can easily beat Nadal. He is tall, hits the ball well, moves. I don’t see anything like that, ”Safin emphasized.
In the semi-finals of the US Open, held in New York, Medvedev defeated Bulgaria's representative Grigor Dimitrov. In the decisive match of the tournament, the Russian will meet with Spaniard Rafael Nadal.
For Medvedev, this finale will be the first of his career at Grand Slam tournaments.
The match will take place on September 8th.
Earlier, the president of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev called Medvedev’s grandmaster victory in the US Open semi-final.