The difficult moment, which had lasted for about a year, has been largely overcome. Daniil Medvedev has returned to demonstrate recently that he is a great champion and one of the strongest tennis players on the ATP circuit.
After the triumph at the Miami Open, thanks to the victory in the final against the Italian Jannik Sinner, coach Gilles Cervara revealed in an interview with the ATP tour what changed in his athlete’s mentality. He told: “Everything changed just before Rotterdam.
I remember that the three days before the debut on the pitch in Holland were very tough. I heard it after the Australian Open, during two weeks of training, but then a few days before the first round in Rotterdam I saw Daniil quite nervous, quite insecure.
But also that he knew how to play good tennis. My job was to find a way to get him to find the right button inside him, so that he trains well and wins sets during workouts. That’s what happened.” Then he added: “Even though I wasn’t ready to realize that he was playing well at the time, I felt like I hit something.
The first round against Davidovich was crucial to win, even if he was in trouble. And then, day after day, it got better and also the victory against Auger-aliasse was another important step to ignite.”
