Daniil Medvedev has crashed out of the Wimbledon Championships, losing to Benjamin Bonzi in the first round.
The Russian, who is a former US Open champion, was far from his best as he fell to a 6-7 6-3 6-7 2-6 loss against the French world number 64.
Medvedev has struggled throughout the 2025 season and despite a strong run to the final in Halle, he has only won one Grand Slam match this calendar year.
However, it was Medvedev’s post-match press conference that struck a chord with journalists on The Tennis Podcast, with one claiming the Russian sounded ‘a little bit deluded.’
Daniil Medvedev told he sounds a ‘little bit deluded’ after comments about Benjamin Bonzi and the Halle Open
Speaking on The Tennis Podcast, Catherine Whitaker pointed out that Benjamin Bonzi came into this Wimbledon having lost all his main draw matches on grass this season.
She said of Medvedev: “We all think Medvedev is on the decline and vulnerable generally. But I’m not sure anybody looked at Benjamin Bonzi and thought he’s gonna be the guy, and yet most of Medvedev’s post-match analysis here was that Benjamin Bonzi is incredible and played out of his mind and there was nothing he could do, which was weird.”
Journalist Matt Roberts went a step further, saying that Medvedev sounded a ‘little bit deluded’ in his post-match press conference.
Roberts said: “Yes, it was a very odd Medvedev press conference I thought.
“Really interesting as always, but I must say I didn’t agree with a lot of what he was saying. I thought he [Medvedev] actually sounded a little bit deluded about the state of his game and his form right now.
“He seemed quite annoyed at Benjamin Bonzi for playing like that. He said that he watched him play in Halle was it? And thought he was rubbish – he said ‘he (Bonzi) could barely make a ball in the court and yet he plays like this against me.’
“He [Medvedev] said ‘if he [Bonzi] plays like this he’ll definitely make the fourth round here because I’ve looked at the draw and I’ve seen the names.’ But he said ‘I don’t think he will play like this.’
“He seems to think that he [Bonzi] sort of chose it personally against him today.
“And he kept referring to Halle as though like everything’s fine because he played well in Halle. And look, he did play well there. He understands his assignment when he plays Alexander Zverev doesn’t he, like he’s got such a good record against him. He beat him there and he got to the final and look he played well.
“As you said [Whitaker], I thought he would be vulnerable in this tournament but I didn’t think he would lose first round.
“I think I actually might’ve ‘good drawed’ Benjamin Bonzi yesterday. I think I might have used those words. But if he [Medvedev] looks at the big picture, his game has been in decline for quite some time. And he actually did really well in the slams last year – he won 18 matches at the Slams last year and that kept him up in the rankings because his tour form was way down on what it had been.”
Roberts pointed out that Medvedev has only won one Grand Slam match in 2025 against the world number 418 in five sets.
He added: “He’s just been way off his best for some time I think and saying that everything’s okay because of Halle doesn’t feel like the right picture.”
Co-host David Law later said that if Medvedev can’t beat Benjamin Bonzi, even if he’s ‘peaking,’ the Russian has a problem.
Daniil Medvedev’s sole Grand Slam win against the world number 418
It does not take much in-depth analysis to conclude that Daniil Medvedev has had an extremely poor year at the slams.
As Catherine Whitaker pointed out on The Tennis Podcast, his only win to date is against Kasidet Samrej in the first round of the Australian Open. Samrej was ranked 418 in the world at the time and Medvedev needed five-sets to clinch victory.
After losing to Learner Tien in the second round in Melbourne, Medvedev has recorded consecutive first-round exits at the French Open and Wimbledon.
| 2025 Grand Slam | Medvedev’s Opponent | Result |
| Australian Open | Kasidet Samrej | won 6-2 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-2 |
| Australian Open | Learner Tien | lost 3-6 6-7 7-6 6-1 6-7 |
| French Open | Cameron Norrie | lost 5-7 3-6 6-4 6-1 5-7 |
| Wimbledon | Benjamin Bonzi | 6-7 6-3 6-7 2-6 |
Medvedev will be hoping to salvage his season when competing at the US Open later this year. The 29-year-old, a former champion in the US, is also set to compete in the US Open Mixed Doubles event with young star Mirra Andreeva.
