Daniil Medvedev's parents reveal interesting anecdote about their son

Daniil Medvedev has been one of the biggest success stories in 2019. The Russian reached the finals of the US Open, losing a thrilling five-setter to Rafael Nadal and reached the Top 5 of the World Rankings.

However, his parents have revealed an interesting anecdote about his birth. They had initially wanted him to get French nationality and wanted him to be born in France. The family was expecting to leave Moscow for France in March so that he could get French citizenship but Medvedev was born much earlier than expected in the month of February and as a result, he was born in Russia itself. As a result, today Russia and not France have a Top 5 player in the world rankings on the men's side.

His parents, Sergey and Olga, also say, "It was impossible for Daniil to perform by training in Russia. We then looked for the ideal place to help him get there. We first thought of Finland or Sweden. It was close but not well enough in tennis. We thought about it for a long time and when her sister left for the University of Nice, we started to visit her there and we realized that it was a good solution."

France certainly turned out to be the right place for training for the youngster as he climbed from No. 16 to No. 5 in the world rankings this year. He was named Russian athlete of the year earlier this month and also won four titles in 2019 and will be hoping for a bigger season in 2020 with many predicting that he would win a Grand Slam in 2020.

from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/2tnhfnr