Former tennis player and Eurosport commentator Álex Corretja continues with his analysis of the great figures of tennis for the 2022 season. After analyzing how he expects the return of Rafa Nadal to be and the words of the Spaniard about Novak Djokovic, Corretja now focuses on one of the tennis players who are called to make history also in tennis: Daniil Medvedev.
Speaking to Eurosport, Corretja has no doubts that Medvedev will become number one in the world. “He’s a great guy, a guy who, in my opinion, is going to be number one in the world and who is going to win more Grand Slams because his opponents are not going to be able to find a way to beat him. He has an almost effortless way of playing and enjoys that suffering and provoking a little people in Madrid, New York, Australia … He needs to feel part of the show and show that his way of being is almost misunderstood “.
Corretja also analyzed Medvedev’s behavior and his way of provoking the public, highlighting that few tennis players have that ability to dominate matches in that way. “For me, one of the things he enjoys the most is when he starts to feel that people don’t understand the way he acts. That’s when he grows up and thinks he has won the situation. He doesn’t care if it’s in Australia, Spain or New York. He wants to distract you, take you off the scene. You won’t understand why he does it, but he knows it very well. It’s like a chess game where you move your pieces knowing what the next move will be. And not everyone is able to read that. He never oversteps the limits with what he says. He does it as if he is touching your nose but without doing it. It is as if he wants to warm you up, make you angry and lose your temper and then he says: ‘I have you, I am where I want to be’. He plays with people’s heads because people don’t have the vision the ability to handle these situations. “
For this reason, Corretja is very amazed by the character of Medvedev, who he says is very intelligent. “Medvedev loves the show, he knows what he says and how he says it and he knows what he wants to achieve and why it provokes. He likes to be part of the show and has a personality that I understand that makes people nervous, so they they do not understand him or his statements irritate them, but he does everything with an intelligence that catches my attention. I think he is a very intelligent player, who knows how to annoy the opponent and he succeeds. It is becoming more and more interesting to see Medvedev, both on and off the track. His comments are loaded with great emotional intelligence, which shows that he is a very deep guy. “
