I Can Be Pretty Rude with My Personal Space

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday April 28, 2025

Daniil Medvedev took a look at Carlos Alcaraz’s recently released Netflix documentary “My Way” and it didn’t take the Russian long to realize he didn’t want any part of that.

“It’s cameras all over you, all over the day. That’s not me,” Medvedev said. “When I’m on court, I try to sign a lot of autographs. Even if you’re in the official hotels or you’re out on a holiday, a lot of people camp outside the hotels. And it’s fine, I sign, I take pictures.”

The Russian says he likes to keep clear lines of demarcation between his professional and his personal life, and especially now that he has kids. He doesn’t want to be bothered when he is into his very valuable personal space.

He expressed similar sentiments when talking about the Netflix series “Break Point” in 2024. “I didn’t watch it and probably will not because I’ll get frustrated probably,” he said with a smile. “I don’t have much to add because, yeah, series is not real life.”

It’s a topic that Medvedev has given a lot of thought to. He’s one of the most interesting personalities on tour, but he can be controversial. In any case, he’s happy to keep the cameras away for now.

“When I’m having dinner, when I’m with my family I don’t [sign autographs] he said. “People are like, ‘Oh, let’s take a photo,’ when I’m eating dinner. And I’m like, ‘Nope.’ After dinners it’s okay. I can be pretty rude with my personal space.”

Giving a documentary crew full access to his life would be too crazy for the former World No.1.

“If I give it to the documentary I’m going to get nuts, especially when you give your permission to them, they want more,” he said. “They want to film your daughters, they want to film your wife, they want to ask them questions, they want to ask you more about your personal life.”

Medvedev loves his fans, but he doesn’t want them to step over the line with him and his family.

“They want to know who you date, what you have for dinner, if you take your shower for 5 or 15 minutes. But you need to keep something for yourself, otherwise they take all your life away. So that’s probably why I will never do a documentary, but let’s see, I never say never.”