Daniil Medvedev says what a lot of players have told him about his new racket which is ‘rare’

Daniil Medvedev has returned to winning ways on the court in Washington DC, helped by a new racket.

World number 14 Medvedev is the eighth seed at the Washington Open, the latest tournament on the ATP Tour.

And he’s already into the round of 16, having won his opening match 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 against American Reilly Opelka.

Medvedev was excited for Wimbledon this year, his most recent tournament before Washington, but that excitement quickly disappeared.

One-time Grand Slam champion Medvedev lost in the first round of Wimbledon, suffering a shock defeat to Benjamin Bonzi.

Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesWhat a lot of players have told Daniil Medvedev about his new racket in Washington

But he’s managed to recover in Washington, where Medvedev was asked how the new updated edition of his Tecnifibre racket has played so far.

Also sharing how he adjusts his strings to match the current conditions, the Russian said: “Yeah, it’s still the same racket. It’s just a different color, which is great. It changes up.

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“And even a lot of players tell me they like the new color, which is rare. Usually we don’t talk about other rackets.

“It’s pretty fun. I like the bag a lot. It’s cool. Inside it’s tougher to see but it’s like this tiffany blue, so pretty fun.

“But about the strings, I generally kind of try to not change the tension too much. That’s how I am. But still, you just put it up a little bit because it’s so hot so the ball is flying low.”

What ATP Tour titles has Daniil Medvedev won in his career?

Perhaps Medvedev will be handed a timely confidence boost with the change, having endured a frustrating season so far.

Having once reached number one in the ATP Tour rankings, he has remarkably dropped all the way down to 14th.

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Year Titles Tournaments 2023 5 ATP Masters 1000 Rome (Outdoor/Clay)
ATP Masters 1000 Miami (Outdoor/Hard)
Dubai (Outdoor/Hard)
Doha (Outdoor/Hard)
Rotterdam (Indoor/Hard) 2022 2 Vienna (Indoor/Hard)
Los Cabos (Outdoor/Hard) 2021 4 US Open (Outdoor/Hard)
ATP Masters 1000 Canada (Outdoor/Hard)
Mallorca (Outdoor/Grass)
Marseille (Indoor/Hard) 2020 2 Nitto ATP Finals (Indoor/Hard)
ATP Masters 1000 Paris (Indoor/Hard) 2019 4 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (Outdoor/Hard)
St. Petersburg (Indoor/Hard)
ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (Outdoor/Hard)
Sofia (Indoor/Hard) 2018 3 Tokyo (Indoor/Hard)
Winston-Salem (Outdoor/Hard)
Sydney (Outdoor/Hard)

Daniil Medvedev ATP titles

Medvedev also boasts 20 titles from his fantastic career so far, but has yet to taste any success this season.

The 29-year-old Russian came closest in Halle last month, where the third seed lost the final to Alexander Bublik.

A first ATP title since 2023 may well be on his agenda this week, where Medvedev has also been showing off his new shoes.

Whether or not they and the racket can help him achieve success remains to be seen, but he should be desperate for a first success of 2025, particularly with the US Open rapidly approaching.

The fourth and final Grand Slam of the season gets underway this time next month, a tournament Medvedev won in 2021.

He overcame Novak Djokovic in the final, but has also lost to the Serbian and Rafael Nadal at the same stage of the hard-court Grand Slam.