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“My Own Level Goes up”:Stefanos Tsitsipas Reveals Lessons Learned From Australian Open 2021 Loss to Daniil Medvedev
Stefanos Tsitsipas, who is on cloud nine after winning his first Monte-Carlo Masters title is gearing up for his first match at the Barcelona Open on Wednesday.
Over the years, Tsitsipas was able to form so many rivalries with his peers, but the match-ups he had against Daniil Medvedev are worth mentioning.
Started in Miami 2018, the pair had met on tour nine times since then, and Daniil Medvedev has got the better of the Greek 8 times. The only victory Tstisipas got against Medvedev was at the ATP World Tour Finals in 2019.
“I was not able to stand against him”- Stefanos Tsitsipas on Medvedev
Recently, both the players faced each other in the semi-finals at the Australian Open, where the Russian secured a victory over Tsitsipas in three straight sets.
After the match, Tsitsipas went on to say that he was not ready yet to win a grand slam title; this shows the psychological impact of Medvedev on Tsitsipas.
Talking about the same, Tsitsipas reflected, “That day I was not ready. I was not able to go out and stand against him. My game has to be built up so that I can face players of this level.”
Medvedev’s consistent play from the baseline leaves Tsitsipas with no option but to play a risky, offensive game. It leads to more errors from Tsitsipas’ racquet, and as it happened, he loses the match.
Tsitsipas finds the need to improve his game to win more titles
On the other hand, the Greek was smart enough to realize that his overall game-play needs to be improved if he wants to win multiple grand slams. Players like Medvedev, Thiem have exposed the weaknesses of Tsitsipas on-court several times before.
Realizing the need to improve, Tsitsipas commented, “I need to build up my game so that it’s more complete. I know that Medvedev will be an opponent that I will definitely come up against in important grand slam matches”.
Stefanos Tsitsipas knows how to put up a fight, and he has done it time and again, especially against Daniil Medvedev. Even though the Greek doesn’t have numbers to show up for his hard-work, he believes that competing hard against a player like Medvedev will have a positive impact on his game.
“When I go toe-to-toe with a player like Medvedev, who has such a complete game, my own level goes up as well.”
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