Daniil Medvedev has rated his season ‘6.5/10’ after losing his last group match at the ATP Finals on Thursday.
The former US Open champion believes he has work to do during the off-season to rival the likes of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz who are currently ranked first and third in the world. Sinner was the latest player to beat Medvedev at the Tour Finals after prevailing 6-3, 6-4. Earlier this week, the Russian also lost to Taylor Fritz but did beat Alex de Minaur.
Now heading into the off-season, Medvedev says he plans to work with his team on how he executes his shots during matches, especially against the top names. Since the start of January, he has won six out of 15 matches played against players ranked in the top 10 but only one of those victories was over somebody in the top five.
“In the team, no (changes). But in the preparation, for sure we’re going to try to I think really build something a little bit new,” the world No.4 told reporters in Turin.
“I see right now that it’s not good enough, especially against guys like Jannik and Carlos. I’m not sure I will be able to become better, but I will try. I will try to become better in some parts.
“Again, I feel like if we talk purely tactic, I feel like I played fine. It’s just execution. You need to not miss, go, go, go for it. I didn’t manage to do it. That’s what we’re going to work a lot in pre-season, to build a little bit better version of myself, which is not easy when you’re 28 years old.”
Medvedev closes out his season without a title to his name which is something that hasn’t happened to him since 2017. Although he was a finalist at both the Australian Open and Indian Wells Masters. Furthermore, he made the semi-finals of four other tournaments.
“About titles… I’m not that concerned,” he commented. “Every tournament is tough to win, but I could have gotten some different tournaments.
“I basically played three 500s this year and all the rest was Masters and Grand Slams. Of course, I want to win Masters and Grand Slams more than other tournaments. But maybe go to another tournament and win it.
“In general, I had some very good runs and some very bad tournaments. It’s okay for me.”
Medvedev ends his season with 46 wins against 20 losses on the Tour, which is down on last year’s tally of 66 against 18.
