My guess is Zverev and Medvedev converse in Russian. Not sure about Tsitsipas.

 

This. And Medvedev and Tsitsipas don't converse.

 

At the Shanghai Masters in 2019, Medvedev did say something to Zverev in Russian after the game. So, presumably, they do speak Russian. Tsitsipas called Medvy a bullshit Russian, so who knows, but my guess is they speak English.

 

Med called him “a small kid who doesn’t know how to fight” in English, so my guess is that they speak English.

 

As long as Medvedev & Tsitsipas keep conversing in English when the cameras are on, I think the world benefits greatly. Most folks deserve to know the legend Daniil is without having to rely on translation

 

 

For me this is really interesting. I can understand most things he's saying while when I watch an interview with Medvedev or Rublev it's much more difficult.

 

Zverev's mother tongue is Russian, despite being born in Hamburg/Germany. He and Medvedev probably speak Russian between each other.
Tsitsipas's 2nd language is Russian (from her mother), he can switch to it, but my guess is that he chooses English vs Medvedev/Zverev.

 

 

First time I've seen footage of Tsitsipas speaking Russian, cool

 

That brings about an even more curious question in my mind: is it the highest concentration of fluent Russian speakers in men's Top-4 ever?

Novak probably not - and that's with ginormous respect I have for his foreign language game, which is absolutely insane (given he wasn't raised in multi-lingual family) - but the other three for sure.

 

Yes lots of Russian blood. Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Zverev, Rublev and Shapovalov.

 

 

NadalAlot in his own world, as usual

 

They converse in morse code with their racquets by hitting whatever is nearby.
So really, it isn't anger management issues, it's the #NextGen way of communication.

 

Wow 4 out of top 5 players having Russian ties. It’s a Russian game now!!

 

That's why country representation doesn't matter in tennis anymore. Davidovich Fokina also has Russian ties and then you have the "Australian" players who are actually Greek. So Tsitsipas could represent Russia and both Kyrgios and Kokkinakis could represent Greece, but yes this has nothing to do with OP asked But the world is dominated by Russian players if you look in detail, and we haven't yet talked about women's tennis...

 

I think it depends on the circumstances. When there's someone else who doesn't understand Russian in their conversation, then they should be conversing in English. When they're conversing amongst themselves only, they're most likely to be speaking Russian. I don't have any evidence to present here, but I'm quite certain of that.

 

What about Fokina? Does he speak Russian too?