Former World No.1 Daniil Medvedev has had a superb season by many standards, but the Russian seems dissatisfied with his performance and would like to end the year on a stronger note.

Having already reached eight ATP finals and won five trophies in 2023, Medvedev fell to Jannik Sinner in the final of the recently-concluded China Open. With the Shanghai Masters upon us, Medvedev would like to keep riding his momentum into winning a second trophy at the event.

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The 27-year old is aiming to capture a title at one of the four remaining big events on the season; Shanghai, Vienna, the Paris Masters and the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin.

“I hope, because this year I play four more tournaments, and all of them I won, so I hope I can break this thing, win one of them," said the Russian. "I would be very happy."

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Despite falling to Sinner, the Russian remains in good spirits and has his sight set on a positive outing in Shanghai.

"I’m in good shape now,” Medvedev said after losing to Sinner in the Beijing final. “Even again today, the match was good, was good tennis. Had to do better if I wanted to win, but it was good tennis. I want to continue playing good this season. It’s not over. A lot of points to try to gain.

“Going to Shanghai to show my best and hopefully I can do it."