By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Friday, May 26, 2023
Amazing.
That was the phrase Daniil Medvedev used time and again to explain his feeling at simply profitable the Rome title final week.
The No. 2 seeded Medvedev can also be hoping that profitable his first ever clay courtroom title bodes properly for his probabilities at Roland Garros.
Yet, the charismatic Russian was fast to level out that he’s not getting forward of himself simply but in considering he can win Paris outright.
“I don’t know (smiling). Because I also don’t want to put too much pressure on myself, in a way,” Medvedev said. “But what happened in Rome was amazing, especially beating a lot of good players, you know: Zverev, Tsitsipas, Rune, Zapata Miralles, Ruusuvuori who went three sets with Alcaraz in Madrid.”
Medvedev, whose greatest outcome at Roland Garros was reaching the quarters in 2021, added the next.
“That’s amazing feeling, and I’m for sure maybe have more expectation than I usually had in Roland Garros,” Medvedev said. “But I know that it’s also tricky and you have to kind of, you know, use this confidence, but not get cocky, if we can say, because that’s where the danger is. Sometimes you think, Oh, well, I played so well, now it’s going to be easy.
“Then the first round you have problems. You can get angry and maybe lose the match. So I have been in this situation many times, and I just want to try to play good tennis here in Roland Garros.”
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By profitable Rome, Medvedev modified the dialog about his probabilities in Paris.
That included rising to the No. 2 rating which put him on the reverse finish of the draw from high seed Carlos Alcaraz.
As to what has made the distinction for him this clay courtroom season, Medvedev didn’t need to attribute to 1 psychological or bodily factor that’s he been doing in another way from final 12 months.
“I don’t have an answer, because I don’t know. I would love to say 100% mental I changed everything,” Medvedev said. “But that’s not the case, you know. If I would feel on clay like the previous years, you would probably get like the lines for Tennis TV or whatever, for many more years to come.”
Medvedev added, “I wonder if it’s the strings, I talk about it a lot and I do it not to promote it but I really think it could help me on clay. I said it before on hard courts that it could help me on clay and maybe did. But if not, I’m just happy and not overthinking too much. Just want to try to continue this way.”
Medvedev will face Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild within the first spherical.
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