After simply 80 minutes on courtroom Friday, Daniil Medvedev suffered his first lack of this 12 months’s Nitto ATP Finals. But the World No. 3 isn’t dwelling on the defeat to Carlos Alcaraz, nor does he have time to.
Medvedev is retaining a brief reminiscence, turning his consideration to tomorrow’s semi-ultimate showdown in opposition to dwelling favorite Jannik Sinner.
“For sure I would love to win this match, but it didn’t happen. Now I have to forget it very fast and try to focus only on tomorrow,” mentioned Medvedev, who completed second in Red Group. “At this moment, the only thing that is left is I have a match quite soon, less than 24 hours. I have to only [think] after I leave this room, ‘How do I beat Jannik tomorrow?’”
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Prior to October, Medvedev was 6-0 in opposition to Sinner of their Lexus ATPHead2Headvert sequence. But with the Italian defeating him within the Beijing and Vienna championship matches, Medvedev is aiming to finish his two-match skid in opposition to Sinner.
“At this moment he’s in top form. The results prove it. He can do everything,” Medvedev mentioned. “He can serve-and-volley, but at the same time he can stay at the baseline and be very good. Some dropshots, slice, down the line, cross. He can do every shot and that’s why he’s a top player.
“I felt like in Vienna I made a good response to what he did in Beijing, but I still lost. I need to be even better, to respond better to his shots. I need to definitely be at my absolute best and better than today.”
Medvedev’s 6-4, 6-4 defeat to World No. 2 Alcaraz moved the Spaniard to three-2 of their Lexus ATPHead2Headvert sequence. Medvedev ousted Alcaraz within the US Open semi-finals and acknowledged in his on-courtroom interview, ‘I played 12 out of 10.’ After Friday’s defeat, Medvedev was as soon as once more requested to price his efficiency versus the 2-time main champion.
“I would give myself 8.5, which is a pretty good score, but it’s not enough to beat Carlos,” Medvedev mentioned. “The mindset was the same. As I said coming into this match, you don’t want to lose a match before playing semis. It’s not the best feeling to lose a match. Your body reacts differently. Now I have to kind of regroup myself for tomorrow.”
One tactic Alcaraz employed was transferring ahead to counter Medvedev’s deep courtroom positioning, typically serve-and-volleying to use strain on the World No. 3.
“I think it’s kind of a good tactic against me, but you have to be good at the net,” Medvedev mentioned. “For example, Sascha [Zverev], for me he’s a very good player at the net. Carlos was able to do some sliding volleys today. Maybe there are two, three players in the world that can do it. Sascha was going to the net a lot, but I passed him a lot.
“I know how to do passing shots and I will do it more because maybe more guys have come to the net. To beat me just coming to the net is not enough. I will pass. You have to be really good at the net. If guys continue to do it and I really struggle, I’m going to find a way. For the moment, I don’t see this.
“Sometimes they succeed, but sometimes they lose also. Carlos against me at the US Open was going to the net I think 50 times and he lost the match. Same with (Christopher) O’Connell (at the US Open).”
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