Novak Djokovic: 'Daniil Medvedev is one of the rising stars'
Novak Djokovic expects a difficult quarter-final match against Daniil Medvedev in Monte Carlo. The Serbian player, following his 6-3 6-0 win over Taylor Fritz, said: “He’s played really well and is close to the top 10. He’s one of the rising stars. Big serve, great backhand, steps in but he’s also improved his improvement a lot compared to a few years ago. We’ve played a very long match at the Australian Open this year. But its the first time on clay, we’ll see. Obviously he’s in good form, I am too, so let the better player win. He’s had the best 15 months of his career."
It was really hard to play in these kind of conditions for both of us. The first five games were quite close. I managed to break his serve and hold mine in a quite close game and I think that’s where I broke the resistance. After I started swinging freely and played pretty well. I was not in too many rallies. A lot of unforced errors from his side. On a day like this you are just trying to hang in there and tactically do the right things to win."
Richard Gasquet last played an official match at the last year's Paris Masters. The Frenchman hopes to be back to compete soon and he is set to make his return at next month's Madrid Open that takes place from 6 to 12 May. The Spanish event will mark the Roger Federer's comeback to the clay courts for the first time since 2016 Rome. After his hernia surgery on January 17, Gasquet had set his comeback to the Monte Carlo Masters that takes place this week as a goal. "But once he started training with the Davis Cup French team in early April, he realized his body was not ready", said his agent Julien Casseigne. Gasquet is playing practice sets. "He will give himself all the chances to start again in the Madrid tournament", Casseigne added.
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2IGMO15
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