Daniil Medvedev vs Ugo Humbert: Medvedev to Get a Confident Win

If the Russian national team want to make it to the playoffs, Daniil Medvedev will have to try. The 2nd in the world does not have such powerful support as a year ago and at the recent Davis Cup. Rublev and Karatsev did not fly to Sydney, and nobody pines hope in Safiullin, the 2nd in the Russian national team.

By the way, Medvedev has negative statistics compared with Humbert. However, the Russian and the Frenchman played only once and on the clay court in Hamburg that Medvedev hates. The personal game took place on September 20, 2020. We think Daniil did not forget it, which increases his motivation for the upcoming meeting. Currently, the world number two has a 5-defeated streak within the Davis Cup: victories over Gómez, Carreño Busta, Ymer, Struff and Čilić. We hope that the player has retained the form of a month ago.

Last year was amazing for Russian tennis in general…and I think that's what can, again, help us a lot this week because everybody is expecting us to do well. I mean, usually, you know, I like this kind of pressure. It makes you play better. It's never easy to start the season. Out of three matches only one team comes out of the group, so you need to win as many matches as possible. Ask yourself as few questions as possible, just try to win matches.

Daniil Medvedev before ATP Cup

Unlike Medvedev, Humbert has a 5-match losing series that started back in Toronto. After Canada, two unsuccessful matches in Cincinnati and US Open, then Metz and Orleans. As a result: Tsitsipas, Tiafoe, Gojowczyk, Murray and Halys outplayed Humbert. It is evident that the ATP Cup is an opportunity for the Frenchman to restart his career, although Ugo currently occupies quite a comfortable 35th place in the ATP rankings. At the same time, it is important that the French national team was not going to the ATP, just replacing the Austrians. Given the lineup problems, we will not be surprised if the French try to take advantage of the situation and become a tournament sensation.

Humbert needs some positive results. However, we doubt that Ugo has any chances in a battle with a highly motivated Medvedev, who, apparently, is ready to challenge the situation and fight for the title in Sydney. Judging by Daniil's latest interview, the second racket of Russia will do everything possible to attain the maximum in the singles of the ATP Cup. It means that Humbert will have a hard time since Medvedev is very determined for the upcoming team tournament.