Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev has yet to reach his best condition on clay. In Madrid he made his debut with quite a few difficulties, beating our excellent Matteo Arnaldi in three sets. In the press conference he spoke about many topics, starting from this one and ending with Rafael Nadal and not forgetting the ATP calendar, giving a significant blow to the organizers and the system.
In the press conference, former world number one Daniil Medvedev was very harsh: “It’s not easy for me to play here because the training pitches are very different from those in the future and except at the Centrale there is very little space at the back of the pitch. field.
In general I started badly, I didn’t have any rhythm but after that I reached a good level.” Speaking about the expectations on this surface Daniil clarified: “Madrid is not an easy tournament to play for me, it’s a clay court but close to hard court .
It may seem strange but if I’m playing on clay I want to face the typical conditions of this surface and nothing else. In the third set I played with confidence and I felt like in Rome last year, now I want to work with intensity and try to do something important at Roland Garros.”
Speaking about the ATP calendar, Medvedev had harsh words: “I certainly won’t be the one to decide the next updates but I hope something is done that allows our sport to grow. After the Australian Open I experienced a month in which I struggled to sit in front of the television and watching tennis.
I don’t know who won in Montpellier or Cordoba, I think the calendar needs to improve on some aspects. The thing that matters to me – he continued – is that I certainly wouldn’t want to play on New Year’s Eve.” Finally, words about Nadal could not be missing: “I heard his statements about the fact that he wasn’t the favorite but the reality is that – when we put foot on the clay courts – we face Nadal and we are afraid, if he now beats De Minaur playing like this, it will be increasingly dangerous even if it will be interesting for the fans to study his growth.”
