In the men's singles final of the 2022 ATP250 Los Cabos Station, the world's number one Medvedev defeated British player Norry 7-5/6-0 to win the championship. Although the level of this tour is not high, winning this championship is of great significance to Medvedev now.
Before the start of the North American season, the German star Jr. Zverev's scores were less than 800 points from the world's No. 1 Medvedev, and Medvedev was under tremendous pressure to protect the points in this year's North American season. Medvedev was the champion of and US Open last year, and also made it to the semi-finals in Cincinnati Masters. He scored more than 3,000 points in these three events last year, so if he performs poorly, he may lose the world number one after the Rodgers Cup. After winning the championship at Los Cabos and earning 250 points, Medvedev's position as the world number one has been temporarily consolidated.
In addition to consolidating the ranking, winning this championship was not only Medvedev's first championship this season, but also ended his five-game losing streak in the cross-year finals. After winning the US Open championship last year, Medvedev made five men's singles finals and ended with a loss. These five finals included all levels of events in men's tennis (2021 Paris Masters , 2021 ATP year-end finals , 2022 Australian Open , 2022ATP250 Shertohenboss, 2022ATP500 Harley). It can be said that this championship win can improve his self-confidence for Medvedev and will also bring psychological benefits to the next high-level competition.
North American big three (Rodgers Cup, Cincinnati Masters and US Open) will soon start. Medvedev won two championships and one semi-final in these three events last year, which also laid a solid foundation for him to become the world's number one this season. Medvedev has won championships in all three events, but it is not easy to win the championship in these three events in a single season. Currently, among the current male players, only Spanish king , Nadal , has done it in the 2013 season. For Medvedev, if he wants to increase his points in the North American season, he must work towards this goal.
Currently, there are only Tim and Medvedev, the post-90s Grand Slam men's singles champion. Tim won the US Open in 2020, but Tim, the defending champion of in the US Open in 2021, did not participate in the season due to injury due to injury, so Medvedev will be the first male player born in the 1990s to participate in the Grand Slam singles event as the defending champion. Being the defending champion and world number one will naturally attract much attention. Medvedev is likely to face the impact of three forces: giants, middle-aged players and post-00s new stars, which will be a big test for him. (Source: Tennis House Author: Night Walking Scholar)
