"I want to beat everybody and actually Rafa even more" - Medvedev on Nadal

Daniil Medvedev named Rafael Nadal as the player whom he faces with additional motivation explaining what the reason is.

Medvedev and Nadal played a couple of matches but all of them have been important. The Russian faced Nadal twice in grand slam finals and almost beat him both times. The first one was a few years ago in New York when Nadal almost threw away a 2-0 lead against the Russian only to triumph in the fifth set.

The second time was this year when Medvedev threw away a 2-0 lead to lose the match in the Australian Open final. Those matches motivate the Russian to do better and that's why he's eager to beat Nadal more so than usually:

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