Daniil Medvedev points to an area of ​​his game he has been working to improve in training since shock Australian open defeat

And in his first round -meeting with Kasidit Samrej, Medvedev was booed by the Australian open audience and summarized his disappointing experience in Melbourne.

Medvedev was the fifth seed at the Australian Open, where he is a three-time finalist, after losing last year’s final to Jannik Sinner.

He is now moving on from the early exit by taking on Stan Wawrinka on the Rotterdam Open, where Sinner rests from his recent Grand Slam success.

Daniil Medvedev wants to improve confidence after shock Australian open loss

Medvedev is the second seed in Rotterdam, where the Russian shares what he has worked on prior to the event with the ATP tour Website.

“It was a tough result in Australia,” he said. “In a way, it was a good match, but a tough result. I’m just trying to look forward and jump back, that’s the only way. I have to try to win some confidence to win some matches.

“I’m trying to get my game more competitive. It’s not easy, but I’m working on a lot of things, but I think my confidence is the most important.

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“Confidence and the work you put in appear in the most important moments of matches and you try to put reps in to have that belief in your body.

“I work in many areas. Let’s take flies. I’m not the best on the web on tour, but I’m sometimes able to make some amazing voluntes in important moments.

“A against teacher in Australia. You work every day on aspects of your game and sometimes they work in matches and sometimes not.

“I feel like I’m in a good position. I had a very good before season and a good week before the Australian Open. I remain calm.

“I am convinced that I can find my level and play my best in Rotterdam. When you have a great week and results and then you lose the next tournament early, you feel your good result is forgotten. It’s tennis.

“It works both ways when you have a bad result, people focus on it until you play well again. I hope I can play well here this week at an event I’ve been successful on. “

Daniil Medvedev thrilled for new generation after Australian open loss to the student tien

Tien was among the rising stars to really shine on the Australian Open, with his colleague Nextgen player Joao Fonseca, who also picked up a top 10 win against Andrey Rublev.

A total of five of the eight players from the 20-and-under tournament in Jeddah in December reached at least the second round in Melbourne, with Tien, who joined other American Alex Michelsen to make it round four.

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Medvedev, who shared his thoughts on the new group of ATP players, noted: “I think it’s normal to get a new generation to come. I think every generation probably had this. Young guys come and beat the top 10 players on majors.

“Students played a good match and were able to win the next one, even when we were finished Klokka three in the morning. So it showed he was ready for it and a good sign.

“But with this new generation there are a lot of good young guys. Some generations have more players coming like this than others, but there are always good players coming.

“Let’s see what they are capable of doing in the coming period, it’s tough. But certainly they have a very strong generation. “

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