Daniil Medvedev, a new painful defeat! The Russian, eliminated in “quarters” at Hangzhou, by a athlete in 196th place
Article by David Istrate – published Monday, September 22, 2025, 11:53 / Updated Monday, September 22, 2025 11:54
Daniil Medvedev (29 years old, 18 ATP) suffered a surprising defeat in the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 tournament at Hangzhou. The Russian tennis has lost in 3 sets, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-6 in front of Chinese Yibing Wu (25 years old, 196 ATP), who benefited from a Wild Card to play at the native country tour.
At the US Open, Daniil Medvedev's difficult year continued, and he was eliminated in the first round by French Benjamin Bonzi (29 years, 45 ATP), score 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-0, 4-6. Moreover, the 29 -year -old player came to the general public attention for The regrettable behavior he had during the Flushing Meadows party and at the end of it.
Daniil Medvedev, at the 19th defeat of 2025 »did not win any title from 2023
After almost a month, Medvedev participated in an ATP 250 tournament in China, in Hangzhou, entering directly from the finals. The world number 18 defeated Nishesh Basareddy (20 years old, 109 ATP) and seemed to have no problems in front of Yibing Wu, a 196th place in the world.
The Russian won with difficulty the first set and then the second sequence needed TIE break. The Chinese better managed the end of the second set and equalized his opponent. Then in the last part of the match, Wu continued to impress and, after 3 hours and 2 minutes, won 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Before the victory in front of Medvedev, the 25-year-old athlete had passed by Adrian Mannarino (37 years, 53 ATP) with 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 and Sebastian Korda (25 years, 79 ATP) with 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. In the semifinals of the Hangzhou tournament, Wu will take place with Alexander Bublik (28, 19 ATP), who had an easy match in “quarters: 6-1, 6-1 vs. Dalibor Svrcina (22 years old, 99 ATP).
Therefore, a new disappointment for Daniil Medvedev, who has a balance of 27 victories and 19 defeats this season. The US Open champion has not won any 2023 title and this year has reached a single finalat Halle, on the grass, where he was defeated by Alexander Bublik, score 3-6, 6-7 (4).
