Jannik Sinner had the opportunity to ask a particular technical question to Medvedev, who answered in a non-trivial way.
There is also Jannik Sinner in the group of players who had the opportunity to ask Daniil Medvedev a question. In a nice video on the official profile of the ATP Tour, the Russian tennis player responded to the curious questions of some of his famous colleagues. The world number two also wanted to clear up a doubt about the particular way of playing in response to his rival’s serve.
“How can you answer from so far away in the field?”. This is the question posed by Jannik with reference to Medvedev’s position which almost often goes close to the sheets during his opponents’ service turns. A tactical attitude that few adopt, and which is a source of great curiosity on the circuit.
The Russian’s response was exhaustive, and there was no shortage of compliments for the opponent who has always beaten him in the last five games after having initially collected 6 defeats. Daniil in fact explained: “PI think Jannik is so talented… yes Jannik, you are really talented and you can try to play like that too. You’ll see that you’ll be able to do it.”
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Unlike Medvedev, however, Sinner may not need it, in light of his way of playing: “I’m not sure you need this with your game. It’s easy when you return from so far away to hit the ball higher over the net harder. And in any case it will certainly bounce before the opponent’s baseline, because you are so far away that it is really difficult to make a mistake. That’s why I play like this.”
On the other hand, Medvedev had talked about it in a famous interview at the Australian Open, a tournament in which he was then defeated in the final by Sinner. On that occasion Daniil was the protagonist of a real show, complete with a replica of the movements while the game was stopped.
All this while also explaining the risks of this type of attitude linked to the possibility of finding opponents skilled in short balls, such as Alcaraz: “Lor I always give as an example, I remember Alcaraz in Indian Wells… has one of the best drop shots if not the best in the game. He hit about 10 successful drop shots against me in the Indian Wells final. Then in Miami I played against the guys and suddenly everyone was dropping shots at me. But be careful if your drop shot is not perfect, I will win the tournament.”
