{"id":12335,"date":"2025-07-02T03:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12335"},"modified":"2025-07-02T03:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:05:14","slug":"no-panic-says-medvedev-after-shock-wimbledon-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12335","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No panic\u2019 says Medvedev after shock Wimbledon exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev said he was \u201cnot panicking\u201d after a shock first-round defeat at Wimbledon extended his dismal Grand Slam form this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian ninth seed lost 7-6 (7\/2), 3-6, 7-6 (7\/3), 6-2 to France\u2019s Benjamin Bonzi in three hours and seven minutes in sweltering conditions on Court Two<br \/>\nMedvedev reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2023 and 2024 but the Russian\u2019s bid for another strong run at the All England Club came to an abrupt end at the hands of the world number 64.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time in seven Wimbledon appearances that Medvedev has failed to advance past the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev, a six-time Grand Slam finalist, has endured a dismal year at the majors, losing in the Australian Open second round and French Open first round before his Wimbledon flop.<br \/>\nThe 29-year-old, who won the US Open in 2021, defeated top seeded Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon quarter-finals last year before losing to defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>But the Russian was sanguine about his defeat on Monday, saying he would be \u201cvery worried\u201d had he not reached the final at this month\u2019s Halle grass-court event, which he lost to Alexander Bublik.<br \/>\n\u201cI had a great week of preparation because I come in with confidence after Halle,\u201d said Medvedev. \u201cI literally won every practice set I played. But it doesn\u2019t matter. It doesn\u2019t matter for the match. The match is a new story. \u201cFirst round, for sure many, many times you play a bit worse. If it would be second or third round, maybe I could have better shots, play better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Russian had angrily slammed his racquet against his chair after losing, but said he was confident he will get back on track.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s not panicking. But I was really worried after \u2018s-Hertogenbosch (where he lost in the quarter-finals to Reilly Opelka). It was a lot of losses,\u201d he said. \u201cFor me it\u2019s a matter of confidence. Again, I come back to this Halle tournament. If it would not be there, I would be here and say, \u2018Look, something is definitely missing\u2019. \u201cBut no, just a matter of couple of matches, win matches. I feel like this year I lost a lot of close calls. When I start winning them, I can go up the rankings. \u201cFor the moment, I\u2019m not that worried. If I finish the year somewhere around 15 in the world, maybe I will be more worried. For the moment, I am not.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev said he was \u201cnot panicking\u201d after a shock first-round defeat at Wimbledon extended his dismal Grand Slam form this year. The Russian ninth seed lost 7-6 (7\/2), 3-6, 7-6 (7\/3), 6-2 to France\u2019s Benjamin Bonzi in three hours and seven minutes in sweltering conditions on Court Two Medvedev reached [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}