"I think it's not easy to play against me when I play like this” - Medvedev following Paris Masters triumph

Daniil Medvedev became the champion of the 2020 Paris Masters after he defeated Alexander Zverev in the final and he spoke to the media afterwards.

The 24-years-old Russian lifted his first trophy of the 2020 season and his third ATP Masters title. Medvedev also moved to the fourth place of the ATP Rankings and he is in a great shape ahead of the 2020 ATP Finals. After his triumph in the capital of France, he said:

“I'm really happy with the final, with the win here, especially my level of game was really top-level this week. I think it's not easy for guys to play against me when I play like this,” Medvedev said. “Today was a really tight match… after the first set I didn't know actually what to do, because I had zero break points. I didn't feel good returning his serve. He serves amazing. I lost my serve. Got a little bit tight. I was feeling like the match could slip [out] of my hands.”

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“I have been working on my mental strength for a long time. I think I have done a lot of progress, because even if you see me still doing meltdowns, it's nothing compared to what I was when I was a junior,” Medvedev said. “I worked a lot on it, and I'm really happy with how I'm performing with my mental strength many times.”

“You will not all your life just be there crying about this match. [It] was almost [the] last match of the season for me,” Medvedev said. “I knew I had to leave it behind, just learn from it and learn how, ‘Okay, if you're up 5-1 and you lose even your serve on 5-2, you should not go crazy, because you are still up.’"

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“It's something that it's tough to control. And I think if you succeed to control it, then you're going to be an even better player, because many times you're going to have days where you step on the court and you don't feel the ball so well, can miss some shots,” Medvedev said. “Here even [in the] third set when I saved those three break points… [I just went] to the net, made volleys, all this stuff. You know that you almost cannot miss. And to beat you he needs to make a winner. "

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