By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Daniil Medvedev has been sharpening his slide in an effort to search out his clay-court footing.
Eighteen of Medvedev’s 19 profession titles have come on his most well-liked onerous courts along with his different title, 2021 Mallorca, on grass.
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So how can Medvedev, who’s seeded third in Rome this week, adapt his recreation to filth?
The 2021 US Open champion mentioned he is engaged on bettering his slide and enjoying with extra spin to translate his baseline recreation to filth.
“I think the sliding was always a problem,” Medvedev advised the media in Rome. “After Madrid, after I lost, a couple days I practiced there I tried really a lot to focus on the sliding, on the movement. I felt like I improve in these couple of days.”
Miami Open champion Medvedev mentioned one motive it is robust to translate his recreation to clay is he hardly ever has coaching block time to follow on filth.
“I always said the thing about clay is I don’t have enough time,” Medvedev mentioned. “In Miami, you have three days, then tournament, tournament, tournament. You don’t have that much time to practice.”
The third-seeded Medvedev has a first-round Rome by and can play both Emil Ruusuvuori or Ugo Humbert in his opener.
So far, Medvedev says he is happy along with his progress in Rome follow periods.
“I was not missing many balls here these last two days. It was tough for my opponents,” Medvedev mentioned. “Again, you never know. I say all this, but maybe first match is not the case. But is good to have some good practice. Yeah, I was really happy about it.”
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