World No. 35 Ugo Humbert stunned Daniil Medvedev at the 2022 ATP Cup. The Frenchman defeated the World No. 2 6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(2) in a ferocious battle lasting more than three hours. The match saw many ups and downs, with both players gaining and losing leads on numerous occasions. Many are predicting it will go down as one of the best matches of the season.Humbert lost the first set despite outplaying the Russian. The Frenchman then found himself 0-3 and 1-3 down in the second and third sets respectively, but managed to bounce back with some incredible forehands and phenomenal baseline play.Sportskeeda Tennis@SK__Tennis2022 starts with a tough loss for World no.2 Daniil Medvedev as he goes down in 3 sets against Ugo Humbert of France 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(2) in ATP Cup. France have levelled 1-1 with Russia and Doubles will decide the winner.📸 ATP Cup | Instagram#DaniilMedvedev #ATPCup #Russia10:38 AM · Jan 2, 202222022 starts with a tough loss for World no.2 Daniil Medvedev as he goes down in 3 sets against Ugo Humbert of France 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(2) in ATP Cup. France have levelled 1-1 with Russia and Doubles will decide the winner.📸 ATP Cup | Instagram#DaniilMedvedev #ATPCup #Russia https://t.co/gUQzXUIYYaMedvedev, who won the highest number of matches in 2021, suffered his first defeat while representing Russia in over a year.Ugo Humbert in action against Daniil Medvedev at the 2022 ATP CupSurprisingly, Medvedev is yet to register a victory over Humbert on the ATP tour. In their only previous meeting in 2020, the Frenchman beat the World No. 2 convincingly in Hamburg.Let's take a look at how Twitter reacted to Humbert's sensational win over Medvedev:Famous sports journalist Jose Morgado opined that Humbert had "one of the best wins of his career."José Morgado@josemorgadoWow.Ugo Humbert comes back from 0-3 in the 2nd set and gets one of the best wins of his career to start 2022.6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(2) over #2 Daniil Medvedev. 3 hours.RUS 1-1 FRA at the ATP Cup. Doubles to come.[getty]10:22 AM · Jan 2, 202235438Wow.Ugo Humbert comes back from 0-3 in the 2nd set and gets one of the best wins of his career to start 2022.6-7(5), 7-5, 7-6(2) over #2 Daniil Medvedev. 3 hours.RUS 1-1 FRA at the ATP Cup. Doubles to come.[getty] https://t.co/rikvB2ciMdTwitter user Karthik Rao provided ongoing commentary, capturing the drama as it unfolded.Karthik Rao@Cric_KarthikkHumbert doesn’t want to surrender without a fight 🔥After a good 1stservice games from both,Medvedev immediately broke Humbert Humbert was up 0-40 in d 4th game n Medvedev made it 30-40 before Humbert eventually breaking DaniiIts 2-2 in d 1st set#AtpCup #Humbert #Medvedev07:40 AM · Jan 2, 20221Humbert doesn’t want to surrender without a fight 🔥After a good 1stservice games from both,Medvedev immediately broke Humbert Humbert was up 0-40 in d 4th game n Medvedev made it 30-40 before Humbert eventually breaking DaniiIts 2-2 in d 1st set#AtpCup #Humbert #MedvedevKarthik Rao@Cric_KarthikkDrama drama dramaEvery time Medvedev broke Humbert’s serve he broke back like literally in the very immediate game Happened in d 1st set , 2nd set and now in the final deciding set2hr 22 mins into this game already Humbert serving at 2-3#Humbert #Medvedev #AtpCup #Tennis09:49 AM · Jan 2, 20223Drama drama dramaEvery time Medvedev broke Humbert’s serve he broke back like literally in the very immediate game Happened in d 1st set , 2nd set and now in the final deciding set2hr 22 mins into this game already Humbert serving at 2-3#Humbert #Medvedev #AtpCup #TennisTwitter page GS tennis News Today posted a GIF describing the nail-biting affair as the "match of the year."GS Tennis News Today@gstntodayMedvedev-Humbert DEFINITELY match of the year!! 🙌🏾10:24 AM · Jan 2, 2022101Medvedev-Humbert DEFINITELY match of the year!! 🙌🏾 https://t.co/6YpSXhtAStThe fan page Tennis is Awesome reacted to the extraordinary match by posting a GIF from 'The Office'.TennisIsAwesome@TennisIsAwesom3Almost 5am.time to decide what to do. Hoping to survive. Over. Kschhhhhhh#medvedev vs #humbert in #atpcup09:24 AM · Jan 2, 20221Almost 5am.time to decide what to do. Hoping to survive. Over. Kschhhhhhh#medvedev vs #humbert in #atpcup https://t.co/tGuepaS91LAnother Twitter user, Lucia, spent most of her day watching the match and described it as "a good one!"Lucia@lfsleigh@evilscootus @Goodie4petajane @Hoobiemanchu @rfgwyther @ChrisPana9 I've had the tennis on most of the day! The Humbert-Medvedev match was a good one! I'm currently taking a bit of a break while I prep dinner1:34 PM · Jan 2, 20223@evilscootus @Goodie4petajane @Hoobiemanchu @rfgwyther @ChrisPana9 I've had the tennis on most of the day! The Humbert-Medvedev match was a good one! I'm currently taking a bit of a break while I prep dinnerDespite Daniil Medvedev's loss, Russia triumphed over FranceRoman Safiullin battled past Arthur Rinderknech in three sets to give Russia an early 1-0 lead over France. Despite losing the first set, Safiullin fought hard to emerge victorious.Roman Safiullin at the 2015 Australian OpenHowever, after Humbert's win over Medvedev, the scoreline between the two nations stood at 1-1. It therefore came down to the doubles match to decide the winner of the tie.Even though France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabrice Martin gave it their all, they were beaten in straight sets by Medvedev and Safiullin (6-4, 6-4).Antonio Nuñez@antonelsESPNtenis: ¡LO GRITA EL EQUIPO RUSO! 🇷🇺🔥Medvedev/Safiullin vencieron a 🇫🇷 Martin/Roger Vasselin 🇫🇷 por doble 6-4 y decretaron la victoria de Rusia ante Francia en el Grupo B de la #ATPCup. 💯🇷🇺 2-1 🇫🇷2:24 PM · Jan 2, 2022ESPNtenis: ¡LO GRITA EL EQUIPO RUSO! 🇷🇺🔥Medvedev/Safiullin vencieron a 🇫🇷 Martin/Roger Vasselin 🇫🇷 por doble 6-4 y decretaron la victoria de Rusia ante Francia en el Grupo B de la #ATPCup. 💯🇷🇺 2-1 🇫🇷 https://t.co/0eSpuBEcSjRussia's next encounter is against Australia on January 4, while France square off against Italy on the same day.