Medvedev faces fitness race for French Open

In February, Daniil Medvedev became the 27th player to top the ATP Tour world rankings. Russian world number two Daniil Medvedev’s participation in the French Open has been put in doubt after he decided to have surgery that he says will sideline him for up to two months.   The French Open, the second Grand […]

In February, Daniil Medvedev became the 27th player to top the ATP Tour world rankings.

Russian world number two Daniil Medvedev’s participation in the French Open has been put in doubt after he decided to have surgery that he says will sideline him for up to two months.  

The French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, begins on 22 May.  

“The last months I have been playing with a small hernia,” said Medvedev.  

“Together with my team I have decided to have a small procedure done to fix the problem.”  

After losing to Rafael Nadal in the final of the Australian Open in January, Medvedev became world number one for the first time in his career at the end of February.