By Alberto Amalfi | Thursday, Might 26, 2022
Daniil Medvedev hasn’t surrendered a set reaching the Roland Garros third spherical.
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The world No. 2 has spent his break day court docket pushing buttons.
The US Open champion swept Serbian Laslo Djere 6-3,6-4, 6-3 to advance to the third spherical for the second yr in a row.
Afterward, Medvedev shared how he immerses himself absolutely into the French Open.
When Medvedev is not taking part in matches, he is watching them as a tennis fan.
“I am following all of the matches, as a result of I like tennis, I like to observe tennis,” Medvedev informed the media in Paris. “Particularly after I’m within the match I wish to put myself on this, as an instance, tennis zone the place I watch, after I’m with the physio, after I’m at house, I watch all of the matches after I’m — you already know, I am simply checking the scores, as a result of [there are] lots of attention-grabbing matches.
“Particularly yesterday I feel, if I am not mistaken, three guys from Love-2 went again to win the match.”
For the Australian Open finalist, the tennis zone is not only a place he visits on court docket.
“I wish to observe tennis, lower than after I’m not on the match as a result of I wish to focus simply on private life, no matter makes me completely satisfied,” Medvedev stated. “After I’m within the match I put myself within the zone, I watch all of the matches and I wish to observe. I do not care just a little bit concerning the consequence. Simply need to watch and see who wins.”
The person nicknamed Meddy Bear roared reaching his first Roland Garros quarterfinal final spring.
Subsequent up for Medvedev is one other robust Serbian opponent, Miomir Kecmanovic, who’s coached by former Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian.
The Twenty eighth-seeded Serbian stopped self-described anti-dirtballer Alexander Bublik 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 to achieve the third spherical for the primary time in 4 French Open appearances. It is the second straight main fourth spherical for Kecmanovic, who made the spherical of 16 in Melbourne.
Earlier than dealing with Kecmanovic, Medvedev had one other vacation spot in thoughts: the apply court docket. Medvedev stated he goals to work on driving the ball by means of the court docket.
“That is what I felt at this time in the course of the match, that I could not actually make the ball, you already know, undergo the air quick,” Medvedev stated. “So lots of balls. I used to be simply making an attempt to place it in, operating, operating, operating. In order that’s the place I feel it could possibly be higher, as a result of once more, the higher, the harder guys you play, the much less they gonna miss and extra it’s important to run and extra it may be robust.
“That is the place I could possibly be higher and that is what I managed to do properly within the first spherical. Possibly it is the situations; possibly it is me. Gonna work tomorrow just a little bit on the apply courts and attempt to be higher for subsequent spherical.”
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