Daniil Medwedew steht bei den US Open im Achtelfinale. Der Russe setzte sich souverän gegen Arthur Rinderknech durch und ist im bisherigen Turnierverlauf noch ohne Satzverlust.
Nach dem Match analysierte Medwedew seine starke Form: "What a great feeling! Arthur is a very tough opponent. He has a very powerful serve, he can put anyone in trouble and he has shown it many times. I'm happy that I was solid and that I won the match. That's the most important thing.
Today was a great match: if they asked me to give it a grade from 1 to 10, I would say maybe 7.5 or 8. I'm quite strict with myself. I know there were a couple of moments when I could have done better, but it was a great, solid match in which I beat a difficult opponent and I'm very happy."
Medwedew glänzt in New York
Nach einer wechselhaften Saison befindet sich Medwedew derzeit in starker Verfassung. Den Grund dafür erklärt er so: "Why? Because it's sport, and tennis maybe even more than other sports. It's very technical, mental and physical. So if you have a little pain in your calf, your serve can be a little worse. You could feel even worse mentally because of it and maybe lose a match at 5-4, 0-40. In tennis, it's normal to have ups and downs. When you know you're number 1 in the world, you want to have more highs than lows, but you can go through bad times. I just try to stay focused on my goals, try to play better and win the match I'm playing at the moment. I'm glad I played very well today and went through to the next round. I hope I can continue to improve from this point on.”
Auch aus anderen Sportarten versucht der US-Open-Teilnehmer Erkenntnisse für sein eigenes Spiel zu gewinnen: "Every time I watch a sport, I try to focus on the mental details, because it's the same in all sports. For example, you see a great baseball player who earns, I don't know, 50 million a year because he's a great baseball player, then he goes through a bad period, he doesn't hit well and everyone thinks, 'Oh my God, it's over!', and all of a sudden, and then he shines again."