Medvedev seeks to repeat in Rome his feat from 2023: "That week I did everything right"

Andrés Tomás Rico | 6 May 2026 | 21.30

Medvedev seeks to repeat in Rome his feat of 2023: "That week I did everything right." Photo: Getty Images

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Daniil Medvedev has a love-hate relationship with clay courts. It is widely known that for the Russian, clay is the surface where he struggles the most, yet over the years, the Muscovite has stopped rejecting it and tries to adapt to its conditions. The best example was seen at the ATP Rome in 2023, where he clinched his only title on the clay out of the 23 in his career.

In fact, last week at the Mutua Madrid Open, he played great tennis, despite the conditions at the Caja Mágica not aiding his best game. The Russian defeated Fabian Marozsan in his debut (6-2, 6-7, 6-4) and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer in the third round (6-3, 6-2), but an inspired Flavio Cobolli knocked him out in the round of 32 (6-3, 5-7, 6-4).

However, before arriving in Spain, he showed one of his worst versions on clay during the Masters 1000 Monte Carlo, where Matteo Berrettini defeated him severely with a 6-0, 6-0 result, and where Medvedev lost his cool again, shattering his racket.

But the Moscow native prefers to forget that week in Monaco and focus on the positive takeaways from the Spanish capital. As he asserted upon his arrival at the Masters 1000 Rome in an interview with TennisTV, he also recalled his great campaign three years ago that led him to the title.

Daniil Medvedev recalls his triumph at the ATP Rome in 2023 and hopes to repeat it in this edition

"I think that week I did everything right. That's the thing about clay; all your shots need to be at their best. Well, it also depends on the playing style you have on clay. But for me, all my shots need to be perfectly synchronized, I would say, and a couple of years ago, they were. So that's what I'm going to try to achieve again this year."

He boasts about his week in Madrid

"I think I played very well in Madrid and had great feelings. The match against Cobolli, even though I lost it, was of a very high level. So, there are many positive things going into Rome. I will even try to improve that level, and that's perhaps where you can go even further in the tournament, and that's what I'm going to try to do," asserts Daniil Medvedev, who longs to reach the level of 2023 that allowed him to triumph for the first and only time on clay.

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