Now, finally, Meddy has recovered and is back to his old self. He has a new coach, he has two titles this year, he’s won 10 straight matches, and he just notched his biggest win in a couple of years, over Carlos Alcaraz. Watching him in that match, Jim Courier said it was the best, most aggressive baseline tennis he had ever seen from him.
Medvedev himself wouldn’t go that far.
“I feel like I’m playing great, very good tennis,” Medvedev says. “I never want to jump into conclusions like best tennis of my life or whatever. I’m playing very good.”
Whether it’s his best-ever level or not, Medvedev will likely need to reach it again on Sunday. He and Sinner are roughly even in the serve, consistency, and movement departments. But Sinner has the edge in ground-stroke pace; he can inject more of it, especially on his forehand side, than Medvedev.
