Video - Federer Amazed by Medvedev: The Backward Volley That Set Shanghai on Fire in 2018

In this first duel between Federer and Medvedev, the magic of tennis was at work. The daring Russian pulled off an improbable backward volley… that the Swiss could only admire.

Ranked 22nd in the world at the time of playing the 2018 Shanghai Masters 1000, Daniil Medvedev was on the rise and facing Roger Federer for the first time in his career.

The Russian managed to take the match to three sets and make the Swiss legend doubt himself, before losing with a score of 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

A match marked by this stunning backward volley executed by Medvedev in the second set (see video below). A shot that earned Federer's applause.