Daniil Medvedev's model wife Daria details ironic way she and tennis ace husband first met

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It was during a lunch break with her team that a then 12-year-old Daria first spotted Daniil in a cafe during her local courts.Suddenly she started at the sound of a racquet being thrown.Asking who was responsible, she was told: "'It's Medvedev playing.

You don't know him?' We went to watch him."Marvelling at his technique during the three and a half hour long stand-off with his opponent, she told Tatler Russia: "He used to fight till the end."He was prepared to do anything on court, no matter how ugly his game may look, in order to win."In this sense, he hasn't changed at all."It was several years before Daniil and Daria would make the transition to dating, but eventually they began their romance in 2014.Three years later, as Daniil's career took off, they moved to Monte Carlo, where they remain to this day.The following year, the pair married in a low-key and understated ceremony - and the union turned out to be a stroke of good luck for the tennis ace."Since I married her, my results were only going up!" Daniil has commented, as well as admitting on Instagram that some personal snaps seen of him exist only because of her passion for documenting their lives."She likes to take the pictures," he acknowledged, "and sometimes it’s me who doesn’t want to be filmed and she insists!"Despite being notoriously shy about disclosing his personal life much of the time, he did make a rare admission about his wife right after winning the US Open - his first ever Grand Slam win.The emotional sportsman commented that the victory was a double celebration, as it also fell around the time of his third wedding anniversary."During the tournament, I couldn’t think of a present," he confessed."So when I went in the final, I thought, 'I need.