Daniil Medvedev On Battle For No. 1: ‘For Sure I’m Watching A Little Bit’ | ATP Tour

Daniil Medvedev returns to motion this week on the Abierto de Tenis Mifel in Los Cabos, the place the match debutant is aware of he must hit the bottom working.

Medvedev is the No. 1 participant within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, however he’s beneath strain for high spot. Coming into the week, he leads World No. 2 Alexander Zverev by simply 775 factors. The 26-year-old will even be defending 1,000 factors subsequent week in Canada on the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers.

“For positive I’m watching [the battle for No. 1] a little bit bit,” Medvedev informed ATPTour.com. “Relies upon additionally the second as a result of I do know on the finish of the yr, until I attempt to win each match that’s left, it’s most likely going to be Rafa [Nadal] for [year-end No. 1]. However on the similar time, I can hold it for fairly a very long time I really feel like if I play good right here within the [North American hard-court swing].”

This shall be Medvedev’s eleventh week at World No. 1, and he’s at present within the midst of his second stint atop males’s tennis’ mountain. However Medvedev is at present sixth within the Pepperstone ATP Race To Turin, which suggests 5 gamers have earned extra factors than him this season and will threaten for World No. 1 because the yr continues.

Though Medvedev is conscious of the state of affairs, he doesn’t comply with carefully sufficient to know precisely what number of factors he should win every week to keep up his place. The four-time ATP Masters 1000 champion is extra focussed on the matches in entrance of him.

“I do know that a very powerful is to attempt to win tournaments, attempt to win these factors,” Medvedev stated. “Then you possibly can hold [World No. 1].”

The highest seed in Los Cabos shall be competing for the primary time for the reason that Mallorca Championships in June. What would be the key for him to shortly regain rhythm?

“Robust to say. It’s all the time completely different, however for positive profitable matches is a very powerful,” stated Medvedev, who will open his match towards wild card Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez or a qualifier. “Each opponent could be robust so the extra matches you win, the extra confidence you acquire, the extra you begin feeling your sport higher, what it’s important to do higher, in order that’s what I’m going to attempt to do right here in Los Cabos.”