"Every match is a struggle": Medvedev continues battle with clay but prevails against Sonego in Monte-Carlo

Daniil Medvedev has called every match on clay a struggle after making a winning start at the Monte-Carlo Masters yesterday.

Medvedev joked about the clay season coming up while still in Miami SO cracking jokes about the surface is not a surprise. The Russian was brilliant against Sonego beating him quite comfortably in two sets but he still claimed to have struggled on the surface because every match on the red dirt for him is a struggle:

"Every match is a struggle [on clay], but I have had some good matches on clay. I managed to play good against a very strong player on clay. Lorenzo is very strong. Here in Monte-Carlo there are a lot of Italians in the crowd, but a lot of French also, so it was fun to play, and I am happy to beat such a tough opponent."

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Asked how tennis feels on clay, Medvedev said:

It’s completely different on clay, but confidence is confidence. It’s about winning matches, because it is always two players that play, and one is going to win… I hope to bring this confidence even further."

Coming up later today for him is Alexander Zverev and on that he said:

"We’ve had some tough matches. We played for the first time maybe seven years ago on the ATP Tour, and in juniors maybe 12 years ago. I remember I beat him once in a final on clay in juniors, but it’s going to be a different story."

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