If I improve my French I will get better in my tennis, says Medvedev in fun interview after 3rd round win

World No.2 Daniil Medvedev, after storming into the fourth round of the French Open 2022, looked in a jovial mood and said that he would get better at tennis if he improves his French.

“It was magnificent today. I did not have my serve broken,” Medvedev, runner-up at the Australian Open this season, said in an on-court interview. “On this surface, it is quite unusual. Hopefully, there are more such matches for me next week.

“Your French is unbelievable”, Daniil Medvedev said in his post-match interview.

“Better than mine. I’m hoping he does some of it in English as I haven’t spoken any French since my year nine GCSE. It’s great to move through to the next round. I think last year because I kept losing in the first round and was quite stressed by it, my coach just wanted me to win the first round, and once I did, I had to keep going.

“I need to improve a lot in my French and my tennis and I hope if I improve my French I will even get better in my tennis.”

Medvedev found little resistance on his least favourite surface from the Serb 28th seed and broke him twice in the opening set before another early break made sure of a 2-0 set lead for the Russian.

He had arrived at the French Open with only one match on clay under his belt after undergoing a procedure to treat a hernia in April but it did not show against Kecmanovic, who tried to battle back only to be broken again at 2-2 following a lengthy rally and a slice backhand that went long.

Medvedev finished the game on his first match point, firing a forehand cross-court past Kecmanovic. He next plays the winner of the match between Frenchman Gilles Simon and Croatia’s Marin Cilic.