Daniil Medvedev is now one of the most anticipated men among those remaining in Rome, the highest seeded and has the aim of defending the title won last year. The Russian talent has never managed to defend the title and this is also why he has greater incentive to succeed in this opportunity, the many withdrawals and unexpected defeats are slowly making things easier.
In a few hours the number four in the world will face the Serbian tennis player Medjedovic to try to continue his progress in the tournament. During a recent interview Daniil spoke like this: “Maybe this year in case of victory in Rome I would do things differently in terms of preparation.
Last year I lost immediately at Roland Garros (in five sets against Seyboth Wild) but I played a good match, he was incredible.” Medvedev then spoke about the growth of these years and continued: “With the experience accumulated in these years I think he managed to improve me and I managed to adapt to this surface.
Every year I feel like I’m a better player here, I’m getting closer to the performance I have on hard courts and this year I want to play a good Roland Garros.” In the event of victory in Rome and Paris (all of this would be incredible) Medvedev would become number one in the world.
Speaking about the rivalries with current tennis players, the athlete explained: “It’s not an easy feeling to be here, you find yourself against several strong athletes and young people always pop up who want to beat you. For me it’s a great challenge to be here, I would only mention Djokovic but it’s not like that, Rafa is back and there are Alcaraz and Sinner.
For Nadal, let’s see how far he goes. I honestly feel that Alcaraz, Sinner and Djokovic are better than me and therefore for me it is a big challenge to try to beat them. When I manage to win against them I feel like I have made improvements.
I feel that they play very well and are constantly growing, and I know that if I win they will invent something new. It’s difficult but it’s nice to play these challenges.”
