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Winston-Salem will welcome a champion’s return subsequent week.
Daniil Medvedev has accepted a wild card into the Winston-Salem Open.
World No. 7 Medvedev will return to Winston-Salem for the primary time since capturing the event title in 2018.
“We’re thrilled to welcome former champion Daniil Medvedev again to Winston-Salem,” mentioned Match Director Jeff Ryan. “He has gone on to perform a lot since successful right here in 2018, and having a former World No. 1 and Grand Slam champion becoming a member of our already robust participant subject is extremely thrilling for our followers.”
Medvedev received the 2018 Winston-Salem Open with a straight-sets victory over Steve Johnson within the remaining, incomes the second ATP Tour title of his profession.
Since his Winston-Salem title journey, Medvedev reached world No. 1, received the 2021 U.S. Open denying Novak Djokovic the calendar Grand Slam within the course of, and reached a complete of six Grand Slam finals.
The 30-year-old Medvedev has received 23 ATP Tour singles titles, together with two in 2026 at Brisbane and Dubai. Medvedev fell to American Brandon Nakashima 7-6(3), 6-7(4), 1-6 within the Cincinnati Open third spherical.
Medvedev joins Stefanos Tsitsipas and Cruz Hewitt as wild playing cards on this yr’s subject, together with quite a few prime 50 gamers set to compete together with World No. 20 Luciano Darderi and Wimbledon semi-finalist Arthur Fery.
View the complete participant subject right here, with remaining spots to be crammed by one remaining wild card and winners of the Winston-Salem Open qualifying event.
The 2026 Winston-Salem Open will run from August 22-29. All Tickets & Packages can be found now at winstonsalemopen.com/tickets.
