Miami Open: After winning his first ever Miami Open crown, the former World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev said that with this victory at Miami, this is his best start of the season ever. Medvedev is a Grand Slam champion and now a five-time ATP Masters 1000 titlist. Despite of all of his past accomplishments, this current run of form may be his best ever. He has now improved his record to 29-3 in 2o23 and has won four trophies in the last five tournaments he has played in. In his breakout season of 2019, Medvedev won four titles, with this 7-5, 6-3 victory over Jannik Sinner he has already surpassed that milestone and that too in just over three months into 2023. Follow LIVE Tennis updates on InsideSport.IN
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FOURTH TITLE IN FIVE TOURNAMENTS!!@DaniilMedwed takes down Sinner to add the @MiamiOpen to his wins at Rotterdam, Doha & Dubai already this year!#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/z376JCSbhY
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 2, 2023
In his post-match press-conference, the self-defined ‘hard-court specialist’ explained why he is so comfortable on hard courts. “It’s the best start of the season I have ever had. Amazing amount of points won,” ATP.com quoted Medvedev as saying.
“Generally I love hard courts. I love playing on it. If it would be my choice, it would be only hard courts, but I completely understand that that’s not fair, if we can say like this. I feel the best at my game on hard courts. Even if I know that I can play well enough on the grass and clay, on hard courts I feel the most fluid. On hard courts I can play not my best tennis but still win the matches. That’s a big difference,” he added.
Sinner praises and teases his opponent
“Now clay season starts so we’ll see how you do there. But I wish you all the best,” Sinner jokingly said during his runner-up speech.
“It’s always going to be a tough, tough challenge for me to play against [Medvedev]. But I feel like I’m getting closer and closer. Even today I felt like that the chances are there, so that’s the good thing and the positive thing,” Sinner said.
“The good thing is that after Indian Wells compared to here I have improved. I felt better on court. That’s the most important,”
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