‘I am hard to beat’ – Daniil Medvedev in confident mood ahead of Toronto

Daniil Medvedev is full of confidence going into National Bank Open in Toronto after he looks to overcome the disappointment of missing out on a medal at Tokyo Olympics.

The world number two is the number one seed in the tournament with Rafael Nadal standing as the second seed opening up the prospect of an exciting final.

Medvedev is excited for the hard court swing to get underway and is anticipating many good results.

“I am the top seed, so anything except the final will not be a good result. I want to play good tennis. I know when I play good tennis on hard courts, I am hard to beat.” said Medvedev

“I am keen to win. I know I am capable of beating a lot of guys on hard and I know I can win big tournaments. At the same time, everybody plays well, everybody can beat everybody. It is unpredictable.” the Russian added.

Medvedev spoke about the difficulties of being the number two seed and overriding favourite in matches.

“Each week, you are going to play strong opponents who will want to beat you as you are No. 2 in the world.”

“I played quite good tennis at Wimbledon, but being top four in the world, even though it was a tough five-set battle against Hubert Hurkacz, to lose in the fourth round at a Grand Slam was not a good result.”