ATP Weekly Roundup: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga captures first title since 2017; Daniil Medvedev continues brilliant form

Sofia Open: Daniil Medvedev carries on his rich vein of form with title in Sofia

Daniil Medvedev has now got the most wins (13) on the ATP Tour in the season so far

Daniil Medvedev, who has been one of the most consistent performers over the last year on the ATP Tour, capped off another magnificent week as he defeated Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics in the final in routine 6-4, 6-2 sets to capture the title in Sofia.

With the victory, the Russian has now won four ATP singles titles, all of which have come in just over 12 months’ time.

Medvedev has carried forward his brilliant form of last season into this season as well, as before the title run here, he had reached the final in Brisbane and was the only man who troubled Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.

3-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, who also featured in Sofia, is still struggling to find consistency since his knee surgery as he lost his opening round match to Marius Copil.

The Swiss has now lost 5 of his last 8 matches and has fallen to No. 68 in the ATP rankings. There is still no respite for him as he has got another tricky opener against Benoit Paire in Rotterdam in the upcoming week.

Next Gen star Karen Khachanov has also struggled to continue the form that saw him finish the 2018 season with an incredible first Masters 1000 title in Paris.

Since the start of the year, the Russian has lost to Stan Wawrinka and Roberto Bautista Agut before losing to Matteo Berrettini in Sofia. He also found it very tough at the Davis Cup weekend in his win over World No. 143 Henri Laaksonen.