7.12.2025 Medvedev on the chances of winning in Madrid: The bracket may be more open than at other tournaments, but you have to beat anyone

Daniil Medvedev commented on reaching the fourth round of the Masters in Madrid. He beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo with a score of 6:2, 6:2.
– I trained well, I was a little nervous about whether I would be able to show the same level in the game. Glad it worked out. He played aggressively, served well, and put pressure on his opponent. When I manage to show what I want, I am a top player and often win.
– It seemed that you not only played well, but that you yourself enjoyed how much you were achieving.
– During the match, it’s hard to say, but I’m still concentrated. Yes, I felt that I was playing well, the opponent only had a chance to come back in the second set, a break point. Maybe only the last couple of games, with a double break, I got the feeling that I had played a cool match.
Such impressions come more after the game. In the locker room you begin to remember what happened. You realize: yes, a cool match. I hope to continue to play as well and aggressively, then there will be a lot of fun.
– You waited until Sunday for the first match, almost a week into the tournament. Did this bother you?
– Not at all for me. Perhaps someone needs these extra matches, but, in my opinion, it is, in a sense, lucky that we managed to complete the circle in this way, with one less match left to win to win the tournament.
– Next you have a match with Brandon Nakashima.
– I haven’t played with him for a long time, he has improved well, he has an excellent serve, as far as I remember. I hope I can show the same level as in the first match of the tournament.
– In this tournament you are the only winner of the Slam. Will this add pressure, opportunities?
– To be honest, I’ve already played so many tournaments in my life that I remember: you have to beat anyone if you want to win tournaments. Sometimes you have to play with prime Novak in the final, sometimes with Rafa, sometimes with someone else. This changes the pre-match situation, but you can often lose to a person not from the top 50. Yes, the grid may be more open than at other tournaments, but the principle is still the same, ” Sports correspondent Andrei Vasiliev quotes Medvedev as saying.