He is an amazing fighter, an amazing warrior and an amazing person, with great mental strength.
Daniel Medvedev
“To identify Rafa I have one word, amazing. He is an amazing fighter, an amazing warrior and an amazing person, with great mental strength,” the 2021 US Open winner, who is in Mexico to play the tournament, told EFE. Los Cabos Open.
last january the Spaniard became the first tennis player with more than 20 major tournaments won and he did it by defeating Medvedev in the final of the Australian Open. Referring to that, Daniil explained that, of course, he wanted to win, but outside of that excitement, he thought it was great that Nadal made the record for him.
“It was a great match; at Roland Garros he increased his Grand Slam titles to 22 and I was happy, as I was happy with Nole (Novak Djokovic), when he won 21 at Wimbledom,” he said.
Though is the great figure in Los CabosMedvedev has behaved like any other player, who even agreed to follow an interview with a television channel when it started to rain and it was the journalist who stopped her out of respect for the champion.
Medvedev acknowledged that being number 1 does not prevent him from enjoying tennis like when he was a child, although he does it in a different way because wins and losses arouse feelings.
“Sometimes it’s not easy to enjoy; there are good games, bad games, but it can be achieved,” he explained.
Los Cabos will be for Medvedev the start of the tour prior to defending his US Open title; this week he will attempt his first title of the season in the Mexican tournament and then he will look to perform well in the Montreal and Cincinnati Masters 1,000 to reach the main objective in his best shape.
“It is difficult to compare my sports form today with last year at this point because every year on tour something changes. My body is changing, my tennis too; 2021 was good and I am confident that I am starting the best part of my season,” he said.
If he defeats this Wednesday the Australian Rinki Hijika, racket number 224 in the world, Daniil will add his 250th victory as a professional. Referring to that, he acknowledged that the best of all was the one in the final against Djokovic last year at the US Open because it gave him his first Slam title.