MATCH POINT

or a while, Daniil Medvedev was the tennis pro fans loved to hate. But in recent months he’s becoming the player they love to love. After bawling out the ref and then egging on booing fans at the 2019 US Open, Medvedev fought a grueling final lasting nearly five hours against a fading Rafael Nadal, but lost in five sets. He bounced back winning a second consecutive title at the Shanghai Masters, becoming the seventh male player since 2000 to reach nine or more ATP finals in a season. With momentum building, he battled through to the finals at the 2020 Australian Open but