"He needs to improve his tennis" - Wilander on Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev can still make very significant improvements to his game if he has the right mindset to take his tennis to the next level, according to Mats Wilander.

Wilander.The world No. 2 cruised past Britain's Andy Murray, a two-time champion at the Miami Open, on Saturday and is looking to again usurp Novak Djokovic at the top of the ATP rankings with the Serb unable to travel to the USA due to being unvaccinated.

Despite his sustained rise over the last two years, Medvedev remains a hard-court specialist who thrives on particular court speeds, leaving plenty of room for further potential if he can expand his mastery on other types of surfaces.

Speaking on the Russian, Wilander said:

"Well, first of all, I have no idea how, if you are a Russian citizen, the war could not affect you somehow emotionally. I mean, I really think that's important to point out. Now, if you put that aside - which is impossible to do, but if you're able to do that - Daniil Medvedev has achieved the two goals in his tennis career."

Wilander further said:

"He won a Grand Slam and he became world No. 1. So what is the third goal after that? The third goal goes back to what we did when we were young. The goal is to improve and Daniil Medvedev needs to improve his tennis. Not on fast hard courts, but he needs to improve his tennis on slow hard courts. He needs to improve it on the clay court. He needs to improve it on the grass court."

Wilander finished off with:

"So 75% of the year is not played on Daniil Medvedev's favourite surface. So he needs to turn that ratio around where 75% of the time he feels like he's playing in an environment that makes him play his best tennis. That's not the case with Daniil Medvedev… But because he's won a Grand Slam because he has become the world No. 1, he's achieved that. Forget it now, Daniil, it's time to go back to work and become a better tennis player."