“Honestly, I didn't believe much I can win a Masters 1000 on clay in my...” — Daniil Medvedev Quote

Honestly, I didn't believe much I can win a Masters 1000 on clay in my career because usually I hated it. I hated playing on it.

There are some matches where you lose a match just because you were always hitting at the guy, and he was always choosing the right side. You're like, 'How is it possible that not one time I can choose the right side?'

I would think my personality together with what I am on the tennis court, what I am straight afterwards in interviews or my personal life, is what makes some people a fan of Daniil Medvedev.

There was a moment when I was not confident in myself. I was doubting a few things about my physical abilities, my tennis abilities. I was in doubt, which is what tennis is all about.

A lot of clay court players want rhythm. They want the time to play from the baseline, and it's about preventing them from having that.

On clay courts I have some weapons to play a good match.

It's hard for people to understand editing, I think. It's absolutely like sculpture. You get a big lump of clay, and you have to form it - this raw, unedited, very long footage.

I know I can play good on clay.

Clay is a very interesting and fundamental material: it's earth, it's water, and - with fire - it takes on form and life.