Medvedev: “I closely followed the careers of Federer and Nadal”

In the midst of tennis (and sport) as a result of the world coronavirus disaster, Daniil Medvedev granted an interview to Tennis Journal to overview your previous, current and future.

On the gamers who’ve influenced his tennis, the Russian needed to focus on Federer and Nadal, along with Safin, his favourite tennis participant: “For a lot of Russian tennis gamers, Evgeny Kafelnikov was an idol, however I by no means noticed him play. My favourite has at all times been Marat Safin. Because of him I made a decision to grow to be a tennis participant. I additionally closely followed the careers of Federer and Nadal. “

As for the future, Medvedev analyzed errors from final season that he hopes he won’t repeat once more. Particularly in ATP Finals, the place he fell to Nadal when he had the recreation gained: “He ought to have performed higher, particularly in the most essential moments of the match. I nonetheless keep in mind that painful defeat in opposition to Rafa the place he managed to acquire the victory with a really adversarial consequence. I hope I by no means miss an appointment like that once more. In spite of every part, the expertise was excellent, since taking part in such a match is one thing incredible for any tennis participant. It’s a distinctive match. I’ll work laborious to get again there. “

And what does Daniil anticipate from the future past sports activities? The Russian is evident that he’ll research a profession: “At the second I’m not finding out something as a result of my thoughts is completely on tennis and my profession. When this ends I need to pursue a profession in finance or concentrate on enterprise points. I don't need to rule out being a tennis coach or chess participant. I additionally needed to extend the household, however that's solely in the future. “