Word of the year #1: “I don’t like clay, but…”

He is the world number five in an ATP ranking that he ruled for several weeks in 2022. He can boast of being number 1 of the year, because no one has scored as many ranking points as him. lead the Race ATPas well as statistics of matches won: 30.

In his balance, only three defeats of 33 commitments. Chained titles of Rotterdam, Doha and Dubaiwhich was followed by the final of Indian Wells and another crown, in Miami.

There are 25 wins in their last 26 games played. A tennis player on a roll, wow. So he thinks he has the ability to break many barriers, including his biggest enemy, which is not Novak Djokovic or Rafa Nadal, but clay.

“I don’t like clay. Even if I win matches, I prefer hard courts,” said the Russian Daniel Medvedevas complaining before starting the Masters 1000 ATP in Monte Carlo, where he opened his journey on clay, as in its time, after debuting with a convincing victory over the Italian. Lorenzo Sonego6-3 and 6-2.

“On the ground I don’t know if my game was good or not, it was difficult for me to feel my game. They told me that I did well and the result was good,” said the Muscovite.

Medvedev: “Every boat is a bad boat”

Erre que erre, “every bounce is a bad bounce, and even if it’s a good bounce you expect a bad one,” he said on clay. “It’s a different kind of tennis, although I wouldn’t see it as normal for twelve months to be played on hard. Although, personally I’m happy when the clay season is over.”

Medvedev does not love the land, but he gave a warning to his opponents: “I don’t like it, but I will try to win every game, I will try to do it well.”

This Thursday, a new test, in the second round of Monte Carlo against the German Alexander Zverev.