“Always Be Iconic”: Serena Williams’ Coach Patrick Mouratoglou Wishes “Chessmaster” Daniil Medvedev on His Special Day

Daniil Medvedev celebrated his birthday on the 11th of February, and many wishes poured in from family, friends, and fans. Many people from the tennis fraternity also wished the World No. 2, who turned 26 this year.

Medvedev practices at Patrick Mouratoglou’s academy often. Not only does the Russian post pictures of his training sessions on his social media accounts, Mouratoglou and his academy’s official page also do the same.

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Mouratoglou uses ‘iconic’ video to wish Daniil Medvedev

The Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) was an international individual tennis league, organized by Patrick Mouratoglou and Alex Popyrin, entrepreneur and father of Alexei Popyrin. They held the first edition of the league in 2020. This was when the ATP calendar was disrupted because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It is Medvedev’s introduction video for this tournament that Mouratoglou used to wish the 26-year-old.

In the video, Medvedev refers to himself as the ‘Chessmaster’ and talks about how some people call him the ‘Garry Kasparov of tennis’. He also used a chess analogy to explain the way he plays. Fans can see him hitting the balls hard on a clay court, which he publicly has said is his least favorite surface. In the video, he also says that hates to lose, and he is no longer a rook, rather he is ‘more of a master.‘

Mouratoglou, posted from his academy’s account, tagged Medvedev. He said how this introduction ‘will always be iconic’ and wished the star a happy birthday.

Patrick Mouratoglou has trained many of the top tennis players in the world. Some of his charges were Marcos Baghdatis, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Grigor Dimitrov.

Currently, he works with 23 time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, World no. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, and up-coming star Coco Gauff. Many top players also use the facilities in his academy to train. Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev are only two of them.

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