Daniil Medvedev believes that slow balls at Shanghai Masters are beneficial to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.

Daniil Medvedev reiterated his criticism of the tennis balls used at the Shanghai Masters after his third-round win over 29th seed Matteo Arnaldi.

Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev both avoided shocks in the third round of the Shanghai Masters; Carlos Alcaraz had a more comfortable victory to reach the last 16; watch all the ATP and WTA action i

The issue of the tennis balls has been apparent in Shanghai, with players complaining that the ones being used during the event were too slow. And former world No.1 Medvedev has now argued that he’s been left at a disadvantage compared to Sinner and Alcaraz.

Carlos Alcaraz and top-ranked Jannik Sinner showed no signs of fatigue from their China Open final earlier this week to advance with comfortable straight-set victories in their opening matches of the Shanghai Masters on Saturday.

Daniil Medvedev has claimed that Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have an “extra advantage” at the Shanghai Masters due to the balls in use at the tournament. Ball quality has been an ongoing issue for Medvedev throughout his Shanghai campaign,