Daniil Medvedev’s coach, Gilles Cervara, gave an interview to Tennis Now where he talked about the great year of his player who ended the season in the best possible way: winning the titles in Paris and London. The Frenchman acknowledges that a conversation with Medvedev after the Vienna tournament marked a before and after in the season.
-Goals for Daniil Medvedev in 2021:
“What Daniil has achieved in recent months shows that he can go further and achieve great things in this sport. I know the road will be long and winding, but the way he played Paris and London shows that he has tennis of enough to get very good results. Our big goal is to beat top five and top ten players in the last rounds of the Grand Slams. I think Daniil can win his first big tournament. “
-Cervara acknowledges that he had a talk with Medvedev before the Masters 1000 in Paris-Bercy:
“We had a very deep talk, since 2020 was not being a good year. I think that conversation we had marked a before and after. Before playing the Paris tournament, he had not achieved good results and his behavior on the court was not of the highest All good. He did not have the attitude required of a future Grand Slam champion. After his participation in Vienna we talked and I said certain things to him. I think I told him at the right time, since he might not have listened to me before The objective of that talk was to change the direction in which we were heading and as reflected in the latest results, it has served a purpose “.
-The Russian tennis player has changed several things at stake to achieve success:
“Daniil has shown that he is capable of adding new things and varying his game a little more. He has been characterized by being a very solid player from the back of the court. Despite this, he has managed to improve in the rest, in his game on the net and his movement on the court. If you add to all this that his game is even more consistent, he has many options to fight to win every game he plays, “he concluded.
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