Beating any memeber of the big three is a special feeling for most players and Medvedev feels no different as he admitted recently.
The Russian played a couple of matches against the big three in his career and he's won some of those. He never beat Federer as he lost all three matches he played him. He won once against Nadal in six tries but won four times against Djokovic in nine tries. The wins were extraordinary for him:
"It's sometimes different sensations when you beat somebody from the big three. Well, actually 'big three', I (have) never beaten Roger. For me, when I beat Rafa one time, and I beat Novak a few times, it's a special sensation, brings you a lot of confidence. Yeah, it's just good feeling."
He won't get to add to that tally this year at the Montreal 1000 event due to neither of the big three being there. Perhaps later this year at the US Open but even then he'll most likely once face Nadal. He'd certainly like a few more wins against Nadal. Both the US Open final and the Australian Open final were very painful defeats for him.
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