Daniil Medvedev ya está en los octavos de final del US Open tras superar con claridad a Arthur Rinderknech. El ruso, además, todavía no ha cedido un set en el torneo.
Medvedev analizó así su excelente momento: "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."
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El tenista ruso atraviesa un gran momento después de una temporada marcada por los altibajos: "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.”
¿Qué aspectos de otros deportes incorpora para mejorar su juego? "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."