Family man Daniil Medvedev could consider a lighter schedule
Former world No 1 Daniil Medvedev has hinted that he might take a leaf out of the big three book when it comes to the twilight of his career.
Medvedev could see a future where he just plays Grand Slams if he wanted to be able to spend more time with his wife and family.
He believes that workload management is the key to having a long career in tennis.
“I would say like this – how can we say it – if one would ask me, Are you happy with the semifinal? I’m like yes and no,” Daniil Medvedev said.
“For sure if I’m in the semifinal, I want to win it. I want to play against Novak Djokovic on Sunday. I want to try to hold the trophy.”
When asked about his feelings on his Wimbledon run, Medvedev revealed that he had mixed feelings.
“I would say like this – how can we say it – if one would ask me, Are you happy with the semifinal? I’m like yes and no,” Medvedev commented.
“For sure if I’m in the semifinal, I want to win it. I want to play against Novak on Sunday. I want to try to hold the trophy.
“But it’s my best Wimbledon so far. Normally on grass I didn’t feel amazing. These two weeks I felt great. I’m trying usually after the losses to find the positives. I was in four best players of the tournament, together with amazing players: Jannik, Novak, and Carlos.
“Actually, I don’t think in a way after the big three started to get a little bit injured and stuff, we got a lot of slams where top three were in the semis. Usually you have upsets and stuff like this.
“It’s great to prove that again and again I can be in the deepest stages of the biggest tournaments. But I will be disappointed with the loss. The only thing I can say to myself is next time, try better. Try to win a slam next time. Try to beat Alcaraz or whoever else next time. That’s the only way till you finish your career.”
He was however thrilled to be back at Wimbledon and said that the atmosphere had been amazing across the two weeks.
When asked about his reception after his semi-final loss to Carlos Alcaraz, Medvedev said: “Amazing. Even today, as I said throughout the two weeks, they were going for the underdog. I was losing in the match, so they were supporting me, supporting me like crazy. I felt like they wanted the match to prolong.
“I actually tried. I broke him two times. But my serve was going worse and worse. He was putting pressure. I was doing some second serves 100 miles per hour. Pretty decent second serves. He was crushing them. I tried.
“It was amazing to be back at Wimbledon. I hope I can come back here many, many more years and try to improve the result. That’s what I managed to do this year. I’m going to try even harder next few years.
“As I say, it’s been absolutely amazing. Not only during the matches on the court.
“Generally, if I saw anyone in the city, if anyone saw me in the city, or in the cafes or stuff like this, it was a great, great atmosphere. Really grateful. Will be happy to come back to England many more times.”
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