Medvedev: "I am going to Turin without confidence, so I will try to build it"

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The journey of Daniil Medvedev at the Rolex Paris Masters 2024 lasted only one match, which he lost this morning against Alexei Popyrin to be eliminated in the first turn of the event. A cold shower for the Russian, who is aiming to finish the season without winning a single individual title, with just one stop left where nothing will be given away. Leaving behind Paris, Medvedev now focuses on resting and starting to think about the ATP Finals in Turin, although he couldn't leave France without making some headlines about the circuit, his form, and current level of confidence.

Defeat to Popyrin

"It was a tough match, I know I could have done much better but, at the same time, I had my chances and didn't take advantage of them. It was a difficult match, I was close, there were moments where I could have done things better, that would be the basic summary. I don't know if he played well, but he won the match, so great for him. Now he has the chance to keep advancing, to play well one more day... I no longer have that chance."

Content with the court?

"I like the court, for me it's not about slow or fast. Sometimes it's too slow, as it was in Indian Wells, although I don't remember much of what I said. Then it became a big story and to this day I'm still being asked, but I didn't say anything more. Here the court was good, it felt like the fastest on the tour, so we are a bit surprised, we need time to adapt."

Difficulty in early rounds

"Now the early rounds have become very complicated, they have become very difficult for me, before these rounds were won 6-3 and 6-3, but now I can't do it anymore, it's a disadvantage for me. I have to fight for every match I play, I have to win 7-6 in the third set, sometimes I even lose. This is a reality, this season I have suffered more losses in early rounds than ever, I think since 2018, but on hard courts, I never had so many in a year."

Decline at the end of the season

"I don't want to be the one who comes here to cry about losing in the first round, but I reached the semifinals in Beijing and then the quarterfinals in Shanghai. I lost to Alcaraz and Sinner. I cried there too, even when winning matches. I don't know, there will be players who like this ball, if I complain it's because it affects me, it can't be that you hit six balls from the bounce and they are all different, I don't think things should be done like that."

Path to Turin

"Tennis is very important, also confidence, the problem is that I will arrive in Turin without confidence, so I will try to build it through training and practice time, this is very important to me. There I will face the toughest opponents, so besides this, you also have to be in perfect physical condition, but tennis is the most important of all. You need to make a winning return when you need it, for example."

Opinion on Mpetshi Perricard

"I think he can reach the top 10, he's not far, he's already close to the top 30 I think, I'm not sure. We don't know if he can achieve it, but I see him capable. As for winning a Grand Slam, that wouldn't be so easy, even in Basel he faced several decisive tiebreaks, so I see him as a five-set classic on that ground. I'm surprised that he plays so well from the baseline, even weighing 102kg. Is he the best server on the tour? He could be, you'd have to ask him, his second serve statistics suggest he could be."

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