Daniil Medvedev shares the key to beat Novak Djokovic
Daniil Medvedev believes that there is one thing that made him beat Novak Djokovic in the Cincinnati semifinals on Saturday. The Russian player said that for him, playing aggressive was very important. "Because I was more tight, because I knew I couldn't hold a 40-shot rally today. And especially I felt it in the first set. Was first time I stepped on the center court to hit some balls. I was not feeling the ball well. I was serving good from the beginning. But every time I had a long point I felt like he was all over me, so I said to myself, Okay, I need to be more aggressive, I need to step it up, I need to hit stronger to make him miss. I'm happy it worked out. I'm just super happy with the level I played today. Yeah, as you say, playing aggressive. And against Novak and beating him is a great achievement, you know. Especially thinking he was in good form here, I think."
On how it was like to hit five second serve aces during the match, Medvedev said: "I didn't know it was five. Yeah, as I said on the court, at one moment, I think it was 3-All, 30-All when I did the first time, and I was standing there before my second serve, and I was, like, I'm losing literally. I don't know the percentage I had, but in my opinion I had, like, 20% the second service won. Especially in the crucial moments he was pushing me. So I say, If I do one double fault it won't change my life. Same result. But if I put it in, it's maybe going to be an ace, and I actually made a good decision to do it like this."
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