Tarpishchev summed up the results of 2023 for Medvedev and Rublev

The head of the Russian Tennis Federation (RFT), Shamil Tarpishchev, assessed the results of the year for Andrei Rublev and Daniil Medvedev.

— Undoubtedly, 2023 can be considered a successful year for Medvedev, even though Daniil did not win the Grand Slam tournament. The very fact that Medvedev has 5 titles and 19 finals in a year speaks for itself. Otherwise, you can complain about some poor planning, because the failures at the beginning of the year at the Slams were caused by the fact that Medvedev was forced to play many matches in a row, which did not have a very good effect.

— Is Medvedev the best Russian tennis player in 2023? Or can Rublev compete with Daniil for this title?

“You can’t make the third player become the second.” There is a rating and there are results. Something could be talked about if Medvedev or Rublev won the Slam. Then the assessments of the tournaments would have been different,” Sport24 quotes Tarpishchev as saying.

Last season, 27-year-old Medvedev took 3rd place in the ATP rankings and won five singles tournaments – in Rome, Miami, Dubai, Doha and Rotterdam. 26-year-old Rublev won the Masters in Monte Carlo and the tournament in Båstad, Sweden, and finished the year ranked fifth in the world.