Daniil Medvedev is honest about Jannik Sinner

Daniil Medvedev’s words after the knockout with Jannik Sinner

È a rather dejected Daniil Medvedev the one who appeared at the press conference after the US Open quarterfinal loss to Jannik Sinner: “I am not satisfied with the way I played, also because I was tense on the court. I am not happy with myself and rightly go home. Tennis è made of swings: I played better in the second and fourth sets, while the third è was worse than the first. Here è difficult to control the bounces of the balls, on these courts è always complicated".

So, the Russian drew a balance of this year in Grand Slam tournaments: "It è not so bad with the fourth round of Roland Garros and the semifinals of Wimbledon. In the cement tournaments, which are my favorites, I lost twice to the same player. I still have a chanceà to bring home a title, my 2024 has 4-5 tournaments" left.

The world number five then praised Jannik Sinner: "We are talking about one of the best players in the world, è the number 1 ranking and he deserves it. È a difficult player to play against: he reads the game well, many times he chooses the right shot at the right time, and è I enjoy playing with players like him. He will be happy to play against him again in the Slams".

"I almost always start my years well, becauseé I come from off-season rest. Then, during the year, you can only rest two weeks before and after Wimbledon, assuming there is no Olympics. I always work hard, but the opponents are of the highest level: before there was Nole, Rafa and Roger. Now there are Carlos and Jannik. You just have to train hard, try to improve your game to try to beat them" concluded Medvedev.