Daniil Medvedev he surpassed the Czech Tomas Machac in 4 sets and qualified for the round of 16 of Roland Garros. The Russian indulged in great compliments to his rival in the press conference: “he played at the level of a top 10 tennis player”.
For Medvedev now the round of 16 against Alex De Minaur. “Machac – he analyzed Medvedev – he played at the level of a top 10 tennis player. Perhaps because he lost in important moments, we could say that he is among the 20 best.
I saw his other matches. He is moving up the rankings, he is getting good results and he is playing well.” A tournament conditioned by rain with many matches played indoors: “If you play indoors, Medvedev analyses, first of all you know when your match starts and when it will end, so as not to waste time and days.
So definitely you simplifies life. I’m sure that in five years the tournament will have maybe three roofs. In ten years maybe four. So conditions will be better.”
Daniil Medvedev talks about Gilles Simon’s role in his team
Medvedev he also talked about the role of Gilles Simon in his team: “It’s difficult to explain in a few words, but above all it has one winner mentalitything for me important.
It is immediately noticeable in people. The most important thing is me on the pitch, and I feel like he wants him to win, and that’s important when you have your team around you. You have to have people who want you to win, like that.
Then there are many technical and tactical details. It can only be details because he can’t change my game. We try to adapt sometimes during the match, before the match and after the match we discuss what I can do, what I could do better, some shots, some tactical decisions“.
The next opponent will be Alex de Minaur: “We both move great. I think we both know how to attack well but we both defend well. We’ve had many good matches. He won some, I won others.”
