Medvedev says Australian Open remaining loss towards Sinner ‘easy’ to recover from

Daniil Medvedev mentioned on Monday it was “easy” getting over his Australian Open remaining defeat by Jannik Sinner, not like his response to his loss to Rafael Nadal on the identical stage two years in the past.

Medvedev blew a two-set lead in each the 2022 and 2024 Australian Open finals, however whereas he’s “nonetheless disappointed” concerning the outcome towards Nadal, he feels good about his efficiency towards Sinner final month.

“To be trustworthy, ‘get over’ was fairly straightforward. As I mentioned after the match, I felt like it could be straightforward as a result of I performed an excellent event, I performed a very good remaining,” Medvedev advised reporters in Dubai.

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The Russian World N0. 4 can be contesting his first event for the reason that Australian Open this week in Dubai, the place he’s the defending champion.

Medvedev skipped his title defence in Doha final week as a result of he was coping with numerous bodily points — along with his foot, adductor, and shoulder — however feels able to get again on courtroom after spending the final seven days coaching in Dubai.

Medvedev, who opens his marketing campaign towards Alexander Shevchenko on Tuesday, has added French former world quantity six Gilles Simon to his workforce, to collaborate along with his long-time coach Gilles Cervara.

“I thought of Gilles Simon for a lot of totally different causes. He is aware of tennis nicely. You’ll be able to see it. He was in a position to beat me and make me really feel not good on the courtroom,” mentioned Medvedev, who misplaced three of his 4 conferences with Simon earlier than the Frenchman retired.

“Collectively the 2 Gilles may focus on what was he doing to make me in hassle, and what can we do in follow to work on it. Thus far I actually prefer it. We share somewhat bit the identical mentality. We’re easy-going.”

This time final yr, Medvedev was within the strategy of placing collectively a powerful 19-match profitable streak, which included three consecutive title triumphs in Rotterdam, Doha, and Dubai, and a runner-up exhibiting in Indian Wells.

An early exit on the 2023 Australian Open and a one-week dip outdoors the highest 10 offered the gas for that spectacular run 12 months in the past and he admits he feels “positively different” arriving in Dubai this time round.

Medvedev says a stretch of sub-par outcomes on the Grand Slams made him refocus forward of Wimbledon final yr, however he felt turning round his fortunes on the majors got here on the expense of his outcomes on the smaller tournaments within the final six months of 2023.

“Different tournaments, besides Grand Slams, I didn’t handle to search out precisely the hearth which you have to win the tournaments as a result of you’re going to play the most effective gamers on this planet,” defined the 28-year-old.

“That’s what I wish to strive additionally to work on this yr, to have this means to have the ability to give my thousand % like I did in Grand Slams, but in addition to have the ability to be fuelled sufficient in different tournaments. That’s the primary one the place I begin tomorrow.”

Medvedev can be searching for a twenty first ATP title in Dubai and can be trying to efficiently defend a trophy for the primary time in his profession. He has received 20 titles at 20 totally different tournaments.