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FILE PHOTO: Apr 2, 2023; Miami, Florida, US; Daniil Medvedev hits a forehand towards Jannik Sinner (ITA) (not pictured) within the males’s singles ultimate on day fourteen of the Miami Open at Laborious Rock Stadium. Necessary Credit score: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports activities
Daniil Medvedev will head into the Monte Carlo Masters hoping to strike the appropriate steadiness because the world quantity 4 seems to be to tweak his recreation for the claycourt swing with out compromising on the model that has delivered 4 titles in 2023.
Medvedev has received 18 of his 19 titles, together with the 2021 U.S. Open, on hardcourts, the one exception coming on the Mallorca Open when he triumphed on grass the identical yr.
He has been in red-hot kind this season having triumphed in Rotterdam, Doha, Dubai and Miami however the 27-year-old is aware of clay presents a special problem for his recreation.
“I undoubtedly have to alter my recreation as a result of my strokes are too flat and clay doesn’t let the ball undergo the courtroom as a lot,” Medvedev, who performs Lorenzo Sonego or Ugo Humbert first within the ATP 1000 match, stated.
“My opponents can use these (pictures towards me).
“On the identical time, you’ll be able to’t change what you do in 9 months or a yr drastically, so I’ve to discover a good steadiness the place I nonetheless play my recreation, with slightly change, with some pictures in the appropriate second.”
Regardless of not being the most important fan of clay, Medvedev reached the Monte Carlo semi-finals and Barcelona ultimate in 2019 and the Russian is aware of successful a title on the floor would increase his confidence earlier than the French Open.
He would a lot relatively be taking part in on hardcourts although.
“I want we might proceed on exhausting, however I perceive that there are totally different surfaces on Tour and that’s good as a result of some individuals are higher on clay, some on exhausting, some on grass,” Medvedev stated.
“It’s good to have totally different surfaces, I feel that’s good for the game.”
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