"I don't think it's necessary to sound the alarm," Medvedev is confident before Roland-Garros

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Adrien Guyot

le 25/05/2025 à 07h26

2 min to read

Medvedev Roland Garros

World No. 11, Daniil Medvedev, has yet to end his drought. Searching for a title on the main circuit since Rome in 2023, the Russian has not reached a single final this season, falling in the semifinals at Indian Wells, which remains his best performance of the season so far.

Nevertheless, Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion, remains confident about finding his form in major tournaments. Before his entry into Roland-Garros against Cameron Norrie, the former world No. 1 assessed his chances of performing well on the Parisian clay.

"The sensations on the court, my movements, my game approach... Everything gives me good feelings. It is certain that during the hard court tournaments, I wasn't playing at a level close enough to my best version.

But, despite everything, I feel that I am not that far from the level I need to compete again in finals and win another Grand Slam. I am the world No. 11, I don't think it's necessary to sound the alarm.

Of course, if I were outside the top 50 without being injured, I would be worried. But now, I just want to keep improving. Dynamics change constantly. Sometimes, you can feel like you're playing incredibly, and at other times, you drop in the rankings.

We saw it with Ruud, for example. He almost dropped out of the top 15, then he won the Masters 1000 in Madrid. The level is very high for a time, but everything can change quickly.

Remember two years ago when Struff reached the final in Madrid after going through the qualifiers. We all want to win, and we all have the level to do so.

What's certain is that Alcaraz and Sinner seem a bit above everyone else, but there are plenty of other players who aren't that far from them," Medvedev explained to Punto De Break.