"I'm a bit scared of spiders" - Medvedev reveals only thing he's scared of

Daniil Medvedev is not scared by much as he revealed recently at Roland Garros admitting that spiders are the only thing that gives him some scary feelings.

Medvedev, who made the quarter-finals in 2021, defeated Laslo Djere 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, and goes on to face another Serb in Miomir Kecmanovic, the 28th seed, for a place in the last 16. Asked if there is something he is afraid of Medvedev responded in his style:

"I'm a little bit scared of spiders, but I need to say I was much more scared when I was 10 or 12. When you grow up you need to sometimes face your fears. I never saw a tarantula, so I think I'm going to be scared if I see one."

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He continued:

"I think fear is one of the toughest emotions in life, because a lot of mistakes we do in life is because we are scared of something. I try to work hard on not being scared of anything and just learning, even if I do mistakes, not being scared to repeat them but try not to repeat them. So to be honest, I'm not scared of much right now in my life."

He further explained:

"Fear is actually what we can feel every day in tennis. You're scared to lose. Sometimes you are scared what people are going to think about you. For example, I was number one in the world for (three) weeks... I'm not scared if people are going to say, 'Well, yeah, it doesn't matter, you were only (three) weeks.. But you can be scared of this. I think in every sport, especially the higher you get, the more you can have this situation."

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