ATP Masters Monte Carlo: Daniil Medvedev on the game on clay: "I don't like anything about this underground"
Daniil Medvedev spoke about his relationship with the sand underground before he started at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Monte Carlo. An underground that the Russians do not like.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Apr 12, 2021, 08:05 am
Daniil Medvedev can easily be led to the title among the absolute top favorites at every tournament in which the 25-year-old competes. World number two, reigning Nitto ATP Finals Champion and already some successes at ATP Masters 1000 level. Yes, Daniil Medvedev is one of the best tennis players of the moment. And yet the Russian is going into the Rolex Masters event in Monte Carlo, which started on Sunday, as an outsider.
Because in the principality they play on sand. An underground that had repeatedly caused serious problems for the Russian in the past. And the 25-year-old makes no secret of the fact that the game on ashes gives him anything but joy: "On the clay court tour, I try to do my best, but it's complicated. There is nothing I like about this The ball bounces differently, you're very dirty after the games. I really don't enjoy playing like that. "
Medvedev looks towards Paris
This is also the reason why you will probably not find the Russians at the sandpit events in South America, where the event in Rio de Janeiro is on the program: "I am not hiding when I add that I have no sand I don't go to South America because I don't like to play on clay. I would rather play in Rotterdam, Marseille or Dubai. I will never play there, " said the world number two in the run-up to the ATP Masters 1000 event in Monte Carlo .
And yet the French Open, into which the European clay court season will end at the end of May, is a declared goal of Medvedev. A goal which, however, requires many parameters to interact in order to be achieved. "I've had matches on hard court where I didn't feel comfortable or I wasn't physically in a good mood, but I can still win games because it's automatic. My tennis gets used to this surface very well. Exactly what happens on clay the opposite. It's very difficult for me to be able to play on clay. I know that I can play well. "