India, Dec. 1 -- Daniil Medvedev had a terrible 2025 season, exiting the top-10 in March for the only the second time in five years. Then, after his US Open first-round exit, he was very close to exiting the top-20 too, falling to No. 18. But after his US Open exit, he made some key changes, replacing long-term coach Gilles Cervara with Thomas Johansson.

Since then, he has found some form, winning the Almaty ATP 250 tournament, and also reached back-to-back semifinals in Beijing and Shanghai. The results saw him end the year as No. 13.

Predicting a possible top-10 return for Medvedev, former player Mansour Bahrami said, "Daniil has been a lot better at the end of the year. He's been No. 1 in the world, he's a great player, and he's been...