Medevedev: "This experience isn't ideal".

The Montreal tournament is already full of surprises.

Held just after the Olympic Games and on a different surface, the Canadian Masters 1000 demands a high degree of adaptability from the players involved in the Games.

After Tsitsipas, it was Medvedev who was eliminated in his opening match.

Faced with Davidovich Fokina, he was unable to maintain a sufficiently high level of play to avoid the trap set by a determined Spaniard (6-4, 1-6, 6-2).

Reflecting on this setback, the Russian made no secret of his disappointment: "At the start, I wasn't playing very well. It's something we knew could happen after playing on clay.

It's happened to several players.

It's difficult because I'd been training well over the last few days, but when I started playing, I noticed that I wasn't playing well.

I couldn't do any passing, I lost points I shouldn't have lost.

From then on, everything became very difficult, but I still gave it my all.

I tried to do my best, but I think he played very well in the first and third sets.

This experience isn't ideal for confidence in the future, but I'll try to do better in Cincinnati."