Daniil Medvedev won a rather tough match against Alexander Zverev on Wednesday in more than 3 hours and after suffering an ankle injury. The Russian player made it very clear that he is absolutely unhappy with the hard courts in the world, which are too slow. Daniel had already vented his frustration in the previous match against Ilya Ivashka after losing the first set. He made the same remarks when facing Alexander Zverev, stating that he is very well aware that the courts are too slow since he is a hard court specialist.

Medvedev commented: “I didn’t say enough. The ATP’s not doing a good enough job on checking the courts, because it’s not hard courts. They should say on the fact sheet, ‘very slow hard court.’ They’re not doing a good enough job, and there are mics, so I need people to know it. No, no no! It’s not a hard court,” he insisted. “I know what is hard court, I’m a specialist.”

Medvedev in Indian Wells, ranking, and results in 2023

Now ranked no.6, the Russian has managed to achieve a compiled 22-2 win-loss record in 2023. Daniil is now playing in Indian Wells where he beat the world no.48 Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-3, the world no.85 Ilya Ivashka 6-2 3-6 6-1 and the world no.14 Alexander Zverev 6-7⁵ 7-6⁵ 7-5.

Daniil Medvedev will play the world no.28 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the quarter. Their current record is 2-0 for Medvedev.

Daniil conquered 3 titles in 2023 in Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai.

The Russian won 18 titles in his career: 9 on hard courts, 8 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)

Medvedev is scheduled to play next in Miami (Miami Open). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 22nd of March.

Alexander Zverev in 2023

Ranked world no.14, Alexander played his last match on the 14^th of March when he lost to world no.6 Daniil Medvedev 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 4^th round in Indian Wells (draw).

Currently, during this season Zverev has achieved a composed 8-8 match record. Alexander Zverev’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Dubai.

Zverev will compete next in Miami (Miami Open). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 22nd of March.

Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev played each other 13 times. Their head to head is 7-6 for Medvedev. Before, the last time they locked horns, Daniil Medvedev won 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 4^th round in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open) on the 14^th of March 2023.

You can see them in action in the following highlights.