Daniil Medvedev is again in high kind after profitable two 250-level titles during the last three months, at Almaty and Brisbane, however the former world No.1 is much from glad. In actual fact, with every title he wins he appears to get a bit extra irked. Now with 22 titles in 22 totally different cities, Medvedev has lastly admitted that he’s fed up.
The Russian said his fundamental aim for 2023, and it’s a barely unorthodox one: he needs to win a second title at any of the venues the place he has beforehand triumphed.
He was requested about his targets for the season by a reporter throughout his pre-tournament press convention on the Australian Open. Some gamers are shy about naming their targets, however not Medvedev, not this 12 months.
“I’ve one now,” the 29-year-old world No.12 stated earlier than getting into right into a prolonged preamble. “I normally say that my aim is to play good tennis, which is that’s true. That’s most vital. Once I play my finest tennis, I can win titles, I can win Grand Slams, I could be in remaining of Grand Slams, Masters 1000s, and all this, however this comes with taking part in good. So first it comes from the apply court docket, et cetera, et cetera.”
Then Medvedev received to the purpose.
“However now my aim is to win a second title someplace within the metropolis the place I already gained,” he stated. “It’s a transparent aim. I’m saying it out loud. I’m undecided to realize it, however I’m going to do my finest to attempt to do it.”
Medvedev, who faces Jesper De Jong in first-round motion in Melbourne, doesn’t need to make it sound like he’s already trying past the Australian Open, the place he’s a three-time finalist, however by no means a champion.
“Right here we’re in Melbourne, so I hope to get to 23 earlier than I get a second someplace,” he stated.
He is available in carrying some good kind. Medvedev, who’s now coached by Thomas Johansson and Rohan Goetzke, solely dropped one set en path to the Brisbane title final week.
He says he’s thrilled to have such a stable staff after parting methods together with his longtime coach Gilles Cervara throughout a troublesome 2025 season.
“I used to be on the lookout for somebody who would perceive my sport and what I’m doing on the court docket. Once we talked to them, straightaway I felt that they perceive what I’m doing on the court docket,” he stated of his teaching tandem,” he stated.
