{"id":1834271,"date":"2026-03-19T06:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1834271"},"modified":"2026-03-19T06:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:34:27","slug":"daniil-medvedev-named-third-best-player-right-now-ahead-of-novak-djokovic-and-alexander-zverev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1834271","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev named third-best player right now ahead of Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Daniil Medvedev named third-best player right now ahead of Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/shahidaj\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Shahida Jacobs                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"19 Mar 2026 6:34 AM\" data-ps-date=\"19 Mar 2026 6:34 AM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1773902067\"><br \/>\n                            19 Mar 2026 6:34 AM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                  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class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Daniil Medvedev with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner insets                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Daniil Medvedev might be a lowly ninth in the rankings, but several tennis commentators believe he is currently the third-best player in men\u2019s tennis behind Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>After a sluggish 2025 season during which he won only one title, the ATP 250 Almaty Open in October, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/daniil-medvedev\">Medvedev<\/a> has already won two trophies this year and also finished runner-up at the Indian Wells Open.<\/p>\n<p>The former world No 1 lifted the ATP 250 Brisbane International trophy in January and followed it up with the ATP 500 Dubai Tennis Championships the following month.<\/p>\n<p>But it was his run in Indian Wells that has put him back in the top 10 as he stunned world No 1 Alcaraz in the semi-final of the ATP Masters 1000 event, as he ended the seven-time Grand Slam winner\u2019s unbeaten run to the year with an impressive 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) win.<\/p>\n<p>He faced world No 2 Sinner in the final and he gave as good as he got, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/daniil-medvedev-asked-challenging-jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz-indian-wells\">going down 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4)<\/a>, but his push was good enough to help him to return to No 9 in the rankings and some believe he is now Alcaraz and Sinner\u2019s biggest rivals.<\/p>\n<p>On the Nothing Major podcast, former world No 11 rated him as the No 3, stating: \u201cIs Medvedev the third-best player in the world right now? I think he is. I know it\u2019s recency bias, but on the Querrey big board he\u2019s the number three player in the world right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Features<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/atp-miami-open-predictions-2026-jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz-daniil-medvedev\">Miami Open Predictions: Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev continues resurgence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/atp-rankings-race-to-turin-jannik-sinner-daniil-medvedev-overtake-novak-djokovic-carlos-alcaraz\">ATP Rankings Race To Turin: Sinner and Medvedev overtake Djokovic and close gap to Alcaraz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, fellow American Steve Johnson didn\u2019t share his views as he believes the Russian is most likely behind tennis great and current No 3 Novak Djokovic and world No 4 Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get why, but I have to put Novak at three,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cHis body of work at his age against these young guys, making every semi and final of a Slam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still think it\u2019s a toss-up between Sascha and Meddy, so I would give Meddy no worse than five.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former world No 7 and 2022 Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins has also backed Medvedev as a top-three player.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Tennis Channel, the American said: \u201cThis is the Medvedev that the tennis fans, like me, want to see. He is playing some of his most aggressive tennis, he\u2019s getting his shots dialled in, he\u2019s getting better each day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, mentally, he is in a really good place right now. He\u2019s looking incredibly confident out there. He\u2019s just having a little bit more resilience, I think, in the bigger moments. He seems like he\u2019s having a good time. This is what we want from Medvedev!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, I\u2019m a big Medvedev fan, so I\u2019m a little biased, but yeah, I think he\u2019s in the top three.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniil Medvedev named third-best player right now ahead of Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev Shahida Jacobs 19 Mar 2026 6:34 AM Daniil Medvedev with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner insets Daniil Medvedev might be a lowly ninth in the rankings, but several tennis commentators believe he is currently the third-best player in men\u2019s tennis behind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1834271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1834271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1834271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1834271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1834271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}