Daniil Medvedev made his debut without problems at Wimbledon. Three easy sets to nil (6-3 6-4 6-2) against the American tennis player Aleksandar Kovacevic in a tournament that last year saw the Russian reach the semi-finals, losing only to the future Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz.
But in the post-match press conference Daniil Medvedev has launched into a battle against best-of-five-set matches. Here are the reasons behind his reasoning. Medvedev first analyzed his debut at Wimbledon: “I feel more confident and comfortable on concrete.
But I think my level is higher on grass than on clay. I played very well last year, my debut here was good and I will try to get to the end this year too”.
Medvedev on best-of-five set matches at Slams: ‘I’d rather play three sets’
Medvedev he also returned to a theme related to the length of matches in Slams: “I think it’s very spectacular and beautiful to play at best of 5 sets in the Slams but I would prefer to play three sets.
It’s just my personal opinion and I don’t even have a valid explanation for it, I’m just saying what I would like. The fact of the 5 sets makes the matches much more intense on a mental and physical level. However, I think that playing 5 sets is much more tiring for the bodyso you can suffer more injuries.
I understand that for television, that’s fine, if you have a crazy five-set match that’s great because it’s going to go down in history. But if it’s a match that’s already in the fourth set with ups and downs and it ends at 3:30, I think a lot of people stop watching and they come and go every now and then.”
“I think – Medvedev concludes his reasoning – that in general it is not easy for the television networks know exactly when a match will be played based on previous matches and the same goes for the players. For all these little details, I would agree to play three sets.
At the same time, I also think we would have different halls of fame, different title holders if it were best-of-three matches.”
