Maybe that means this one wouldn't be inspired by his off-court interest in gaming, which extended recently to a spot in TopSpin 2K25 as a playable character, joining stars of the past such as Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, and of the present such as Coco Gauff, Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek. Medvedev returns to Melbourne Park in real life a year after coming oh-so-close to Slam title No. 2: He took the first two sets of the final against Jannik Sinner before losing in five.