Medvedev before the Australian Open: “I want to win the tournament twice in the same city. But now I’m in Melbourne”

Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev said he has set a goal to win the tournament twice in the same city, but is currently focused on competing at the Australian Open.

Medvedev won the tournament in Brisbane, Australia in January. This is the Russian’s 22nd ATP singles title; he won all the tournaments in different cities. Earlier, Medvedev jokingly asked the ATP to expand the geography of cities, since there were few tournaments left in which he had not won.

“Now my goal is to win a second title in a city where I have already won. This is a clear goal. I say it out loud. I’m not sure that I will achieve it, but I will do my best to achieve it. We are in Melbourne, so I hope to reach 23 titles before I win a second somewhere else,” Reuters quoted Medvedev as saying.

Last August, it became known that Medvedev had ended his long-term collaboration with coach Gilles Cervara, with whom he had worked since 2017. Swede Thomas Johansson and Australian Rohan Goetzke are currently working with the former world number one.

– Of course, this was an important decision in my life related to Gilles. (After the US Open) there was a turning point. This helped me a lot. I really enjoyed working with Thomas and Rohan.

At first we had, so to speak, a trial period until the end of the season. But I’m happy working with them. I think they also like working with me, so we decided to continue. I hope this will be a long and successful cooperation,” he added.

Medvedev, seeded 11th, will face Dutchman Jesper de Jong in the first round of the Australian Open.