The Russian Daniil Medvedev failed to repeat the performance of the final of the last US Open. Beaten this Sunday by the world number 1, Novak Djokovic, in the final of Rolex Paris Masters after a first set dominated and won by the last winner at Flushing Meadows, the current 2nd player in the world gave in to the rise of the Serbian and let a second title in a row slip by in Paris. Despite this 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 defeat and a very good tournament from the Russian, evidenced by his crushing 6-2, 6-2 victory in the half against Alexander Zverev, the 25-year-old player went to a press conference and confided in the meeting, his opponent of the day or his tournament! Daniil Medvedev will have the opportunity to perfectly conclude his already fantastic year (winner at theUS Open, To Toronto, finalist of theOpen d’Australie and you Rolex Paris Masters) To Turin where he will be expected to hold the title of the Masters Tournament, the Masters.
Medvedev after the final lost to Djokovic at Bercy
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“At 5-2 double break against Novak, it’s always difficult to turn around and pick up!”
Medvedev and the audience … what a story. The Russian spoke on the subject and key moments of the match. “I see it in two different ways. Either it should be like other sports, because I don’t think there are any other sports that are all about concentration, where talking between two points should be prohibited. In snooker, I think it does: you have to hear a fly fly when someone is about to play. There, when we are at 4-2, Novak advantage or 40 A, I was about to serve, so, there, everything stops and if someone shouts, I served, the raise came back quickly , that’s not only what makes you miss a beat, because I’m not going to use that as a pretext, but it’s a distraction. These are crucial moments. At 5-2 double break against Novak, it’s always difficult to turn around and pick up! It wasn’t cool, and the shout was done on purpose! And we could see that the spectator was doing it on purpose! Whether it was Daniil or whether it was Novak, every time it felt like they were trying to be in the game and they were waiting. There, at that moment, it was on the moment when I raised the ball, it was done by a spectator. So everything I said at the time of the side changes, I said intentionally and I’ll say it again: I don’t think you need to disrupt a tennis player like that!“he explained.
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“It was a good tennis match against one of the best players in history.”
“I don’t like to lose, so I can’t say I’m happy, but I feel like I gave it my all. Yes, after that is the question that maybe I could do a (?) When he gets on the break point in the second. Maybe I could do one more ace. When I was 40-15 I think I lost two games like this. As soon as you lose a match, you will always have the feeling that you could do better. Basically, I gave it my all. It was a good tennis match against one of the best players in history. It felt like he really wanted to win. So, good battle. When we play, the conditions are always different, the surfaces are always different. This can be a game-changer in the game’s tactics and tennis. There, I felt it very strongly. It was not easy for me. He was stronger than me at key moments. I was stronger than him in the first set, I served a break point, and I took the games where I had break points. It was in fact the case. Second set, I have a game where I have break points, I don’t. He does. Third, it’s pretty much the same. He was better than me in the key moments, that’s what I failed to do.“said Daniil Medvedev.
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— ROLEX PARIS MASTERS (@RolexPMasters) November 7, 2021
“This year he broke the record of being n ° 1, for I don’t know how many weeks …”
Medvedev reacted to the unpopularity that may have Djokovic with respect to Roger Federer Where Rafael Nadal.”It’s hard for me to talk to other people but I understand. I feel it sometimes. I also have a feeling that people are starting to respect him more and more – I wouldn’t say respect, but appreciate his achievements, because he continues to break records. This year he broke the record of being No. 1, for I don’t remember how many weeks, 310 if I’m not mistaken, he got 20 Grand Slams, almost a calendar Grand Slam. And it inevitably attracts people full of hate. And yet, even his detractors are starting to like him. You never know what can happen. We know what more he can do. We never know. We may see that in 10 years, once he retires, people will start watching tennis. For example, I didn’t see Sampras, but I heard that he was fascinating. It will be the same: young people will be interested in tennis and will look a little at the numbers, the results, which was No. 1 for the most weeks or years and they will see Novak everywhere! And that’s when people will start to understand a little bit of how much he was able to accomplish.“
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– Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 6, 2021
“When you know Novak, it’s impossible to take the psychological advantage over him.”
“When you know Novak, it’s impossible to take the psychological advantage over him. Nevertheless, I take example from that. I want it to be like that against me. If we look at the last few weeks, I lost to Rublev, Grigor and Novak. So, I want, yes, that the next match that I play against the three, anywhere, that this question does not arise: is Daniil going to be a little psychologically taken? I take the example of Novak. I knew on the contrary that he was going to try to take his revenge, even if it is not the same game. There are not the same gains, I want to say. We felt he absolutely wanted to win. This is, I think, the competition. I take the example when you play the Exhibitions tournaments, unless they say before the match that it is to do the show, if there is something for you to win even if they say: Ok, you play to win, I can tell you that out of 100 players, they will have maybe 95 who will suffer and give their all to win the game. This is the life of a competitor. When I say that, for example, I play PlayStation, I want to win like on a tennis court!“
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— ROLEX PARIS MASTERS (@RolexPMasters) November 7, 2021
“There are points where I could have improved and won the crucial points.”
The world n ° 2 spoke on the fourth game of the second set when it is important in the meeting. “I’m going to need some time to think about it, because I just got off the court, it’s a bit tough. To be honest, I didn’t really see a turning point in the game. Unless you saw in the scores, I was 40-15, he played well throughout the game. Me, I had small opportunities to pick up, especially in the second set. I could have served better in the third set. We would never have known what could have happened. There are points where I could have improved and won the crucial points. But there isn’t much to say about tennis, I would say, unless I say it was a fantastic game with fantastic points. He was a little better than me, he had a few more winning points than me and at the crucial moments that’s where he made the difference. While I was better at the crucial moments of the first set, that’s why I won in the first set.“
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