Daniil Medvedev admits his top priority in 2023 is to return to making strong results at the Grand Slam and Masters level. Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion, has been struggling on the biggest stage ever since blowing a two-set lead in the 2022 Australian Open.
Most recently, Medvedev suffered a shock Australian Open third-round defeat to Sebastian Korda. In the last two weeks, Medvedev captured back-to-back titles in Rotterdam and Doha. Medvedev is happy about his recent success but noted that he needs to be making those runs at the Grand Slam and Masters level as well.
“To play my best tennis like I’m doing right now. I’m really happy. Two finals. Of course I want to do better than I did last year in 1000s and Grand Slams. But it’s not easy. Everyone you face gonna try to beat you, try to play good.
People start to know how to play you. So you have to change all the time, try to adapt also. So my goal is to show my best tennis, which I was, for whatever reason, sometimes not able to do last year, and I know when I show my best tennis I’m dangerous for everyone, and that’s when I can get good results,” Medvedev said, per Sportskeeda.
Medvedev on his favorite Grand Slam
At the US Open, Medvedev made his first Grand Slam final in 2019 and that was also the place where he captured his first Major title. At the Australian Open, Medvedev is a two-time runner-up, having lost back-to-back finals at Melbourne Park in 2021 and 2022.
Medvedev admits the US Open is probably the Grand Slam that suits his game the best but refused to call it his favorite Major. “When I’m asked about favorite slam, I don’t really have an answer. I won US Open, but I can’t really say that this is my favorite slam.
I like all of them. They are all great to play. I want to achieve big results in all of them. Definitely in terms of my game, I think US Open suits me the best, but yeah, every year the balls are changing, surface are changing, so I never know when I’m 35 what I’m going to say,” Medvedev explained.
