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Russian tennis player (born 1996)
Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev is a Russian professional tennis player. He was formerly ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the ATP. Medvedev has won 24 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 2021 US Open and 2020 ATP Finals.
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Serbian tennis player (born 1987)
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for a record 428 weeks, finished as the year-end No. 1 a record eight times, and has been ranked No. 1 at least once in a year for a record 13 different years. Djokovic has won 102 ATP Tour–level singles titles, including a record 24 majors, a record 40 Masters titles, a record seven year-end championships, and an Olympic gold medal.
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Daniil Medvedev once said you would need to knock on his hotel door at 6am for seven days in a row to make him angry - but his China Open disqualification was no surprise.
The former No. 1 was defaulted in China after hitting a spectator with a ball; he and others have gotten away with much worse.
After a U.S. Open loss that suggested Novak Djokovic might finally be finished at the very top of professional tennis, he is turning back the clock and proving his doubters wrong once again. At the ATP 500 event in Beijing this week, Djokovic is showing that he is still among the very best players in the world when he…