Andy Roddick heaped praises on Daniil Medvedev after Medvedev lost the Australian Open final to Jannick Sinner a few days ago. Roddick slammed critics calling Medvedev a ‘one Grand Slam wonder’ and said Medvedev was better than him.
The Russian reached his sixth Slam final but once again fell short of the title, with his lone Slam victory coming at the 2021 US Open, where he upset Novak Djokovic. Medvedev put himself in the really advantageous position in the Australian Open final against Sinner when he went two sets up, but Sinner maintained his composure to fight back and win the much-desired Grand Slam title.
With 20 titles under his belt, former world No. 1 Andy Roddick—who also only had one Grand Slam victory throughout his career—said that Medvedev is “one of the most underappreciated players ever” because of his incredible recent career.
The American shared his opinion on the podcast ‘Served with Andy Roddick.
“One of the most underappreciated players ever. And I’ll throw myself under the bus on this one. Twitter the other day, there’s some conversation going and I get looped in and they’re going, someone said, ‘Medvedev’s the best player ever that has one Slam.’ And I was the answer of the counter,” Roddick said.
“And I’ll just tell everyone right now, he’s better than I ever was. He has 20-something-odd titles. He’s won however many Masters Series events, one World Tour Finals, has been No 1 in the world. Oh by the way, beat Novak Djokovic in a Grand Slam final.
“He has put himself there, I mean he’s been in back-to-back Grand Slam finals. This guy is better. If anyone calls him a ‘one Slam wonder’, they’re idiots and don’t know what they’re talking about,” Roddick added.
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