By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Nu | Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Picture credit score: Rob Newell/CameraSport
Daniil Medvedev is raring to get soiled throughout and after Wimbledon.
The 2023 Wimbledon semi-finalist confirmed he’s operating for the Paris Olympics later this month.
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Fifth-seeded Medvedev battled sturdy Frenchman Alexandre Muller for 3 and a half hours immediately: 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 7-5. With that, he reached the third spherical of Wimbledon for the fifth time in a row.
When requested later if he deliberate to return to Roland Garros, Medvedev replied: “If I am wholesome, I will be there 100%.”
Though Medvedev gained Rome in 2023, he considers grime roads his least favorite floor.
Medvedev referred to as the distinctive Olympic expertise and the enjoyment of taking part within the Olympic Video games a straightforward choice.
“For me it was an easy choice. In Tokyo I beloved the ambiance, I beloved being there, taking part in there,” Medvedev advised media at Wimbledon. “It is going to be even totally different in Paris. As a result of Tokyo was COVID, no individuals, closed ambiance, and I beloved it. So I am positive in Paris it will likely be much more enjoyable.
“I do know that if I solely take into consideration my private profession, it’s higher to go to Canada, put together arduous courts and so forth. When I’m 40, and I can say that I’ve participated within the Olympic Video games in Tokyo, Paris and Los Angeles, that I’ve had quite a lot of enjoyable in my life, my profession, then I might be completely happy.”
Medvedev mentioned he plans to play in singles, doubles and combined doubles and that he sees his finest probability for a medal in doubles or combined doubles, as his Russian compatriots Andrei Rublev and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova are the reigning Olympic gold medalists.
“I will put together lots for doubles and combined doubles, as a result of I consider I’ve extra probabilities there than in Roland Garros singles,” Medvedev mentioned. “I will have quite a lot of enjoyable, take pleasure in taking part in. I am wanting ahead to it, sure.”