Daniil Medvedev has produced a few of his greatest tennis on the Nitto ATP Finals in recent times, hovering to the title in 2020 earlier than he reached the ultimate final season.
Nonetheless, he was unable to search out high gear in his opening match on the 2022 version, falling to Andrey Rublev on Monday in Turin.
“There are some matches the place you are feeling you are untouchable, and all the things you do — let’s put it this fashion — turns into gold,” Medvedev mentioned in his post-match press convention. “At the moment was not considered one of them.
“I did not really feel superb through the match. I’d get pleasure from it if I’d really feel higher by way of tennis. However, once more, wanting again, [there were] some nice factors. This could make you play higher and switch issues into gold within the subsequent matches.”
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Medvedev produced moments of brilliance through the two-hour, 31-minute Crimson Group conflict, however was unable to constantly ship to earn victory. The 26-year-old admitted that he struggled to deal with the quick indoor circumstances on the Pala Alpitour, however hopes he can modify forward of his second match in opposition to Novak Djokovic or Stefanos Tsitsipas.
“[It is] tremendous robust to go from Vienna, which is quick onerous court docket, and I typically like quick onerous courts greater than gradual onerous courts, to [Paris] the place it was most likely the slowest indoor onerous court docket,” Medvedev mentioned. “Right here is the quickest of the 12 months. To get used to it you want matches. That was a match at present, so that’s the reason I am saying I hope the following one goes to be higher.
“That is why I had some errors the place I used to be late on the legs, was late within the motion and took the ball late.”
Medvedev is aiming to change into the eleventh participant to win a number of Nitto ATP Finals titles this week. In 2020, he defeated Dominic Thiem in a three-set thriller to win the most important title of his profession on the time.