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Daniil Medvedev on What Went Wrong in 1st Round Loss | Roland-Garros 2026 · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Daniel, not the result you expected, and a very silly
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  Speaker 1: match in terms of scenario what happened from me or
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  Speaker 1: pot of.
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  Speaker 2: View, Yeah, not easy match. Didn't play my best tennis.
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  Speaker 2: He played good some moments, some moments not that good,
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  Speaker 2: and I managed to take.
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  Speaker 3: The match when he didn't play that well. And that's it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I didn't manage to raise my level enough
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  Speaker 2: to win the whole match, and that's why I lost.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know, did you feel as though the heat
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  Speaker 4: played a part today? I mean the score lines in
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  Speaker 4: each set, were it really lopsided. I just wonder whether
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  Speaker 4: the heat was a factor.
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't think so. I felt okay with the hitt.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's not easy for anyone to play in
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  Speaker 2: this hit, but I felt okay with it, and generally
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  Speaker 2: I felt like we were, you know, fresh, I mean
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  Speaker 2: okay in the in the fifth like we were.
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  Speaker 3: Running and stuff like this. Nobody was cramping or something.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't think the heat any role except that
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  Speaker 2: it's just a bit different to play in the hit
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  Speaker 2: on clay, and.
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  Speaker 3: I mean that's but again, that's just normal.
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  Speaker 5: You know, tough luck today. A few players have talked
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  Speaker 5: about with line judges, which is unusual. They're being less
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  Speaker 5: space behind the court obviously, or somebody likes to use
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  Speaker 5: that space. Just wondered if that's something that you found
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  Speaker 5: today at all.
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  Speaker 2: H Maybe if I would have like a meter more,
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  Speaker 2: but I don't think it's a line judge, just because
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  Speaker 2: there is this when they cover the courts, it takes
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  Speaker 2: this meter away. I don't know how you call it
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  Speaker 2: a thing, but the cover. Basically, if I would have
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  Speaker 2: one meter, I would like it. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 2: again it's I don't think it would change the outcome
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  Speaker 2: of the match. It's just the bigger the court is,
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  Speaker 2: the more I like it because then you can choose
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  Speaker 2: your position as you want. Maybe I would not need it,
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  Speaker 2: but at least I would have this opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: You mentioned there about conditions affecting your game. Can you
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  Speaker 4: just explain exactly you know for you what it means?
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  Speaker 2: And then I don't want to find excuses. I know
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  Speaker 2: why I don't really play always my best in rowing arras,
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  Speaker 2: but if I say it's excuses, so I keep it
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  Speaker 2: to myself.
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  Speaker 6: Right, you are so unpredictable that it's really difficult for
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  Speaker 6: me to understand you because I saw you're losing six
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  Speaker 6: lovel very thinny. Then you're almost beat seen in Rome.
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  Speaker 6: Then you come here, you win one set one six one.
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  Speaker 6: I lose the next one six one. You are a
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  Speaker 6: clever person, but on court sometimes you're crazy. What is
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  Speaker 6: your answer?
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  Speaker 2: Every tournament has a different court, different balls, different.
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  Speaker 3: What else I mean? I can be different every day.
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  Speaker 2: I don't like to stand up early, and I'm usually
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  Speaker 2: less performative when I stand up at six fifty in
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  Speaker 2: the morning.
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  Speaker 3: I like to slip in. So this is just part
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  Speaker 3: of small in general.
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  Speaker 2: Let's say ten in tennis, you need to adapt to
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  Speaker 2: the things, and sometimes I'm not good enough to adapt
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  Speaker 2: to it, and sometimes I am.
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  Speaker 3: And that's basically all I can tell you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but I mean my tennis depends on a couple
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  Speaker 2: of things.
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  Speaker 3: That I cannot control.
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  Speaker 2: Meaning if the ball doesn't go, I don't have the
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  Speaker 2: power to make it go, Like, yeah, it doesn't matter
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  Speaker 2: the ball doesn't go. He hits it full power, the
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  Speaker 2: ball goes, He just makes it a bit adjustment and
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  Speaker 2: doesn't go full power. I go full power, and if
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  Speaker 2: the ball doesn't go, it doesn't go.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, it's another early loss in Gran Slam more
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  Speaker 1: or less like last year. If I shall say this
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  Speaker 1: one may be more surprising based on your level this season.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think that there's anything in terms of pressure management,
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  Speaker 1: emotion management, ambition manager met in Grand Slams right now?
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  Speaker 3: It is possible.
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  Speaker 2: At the same time, I do feel like I was
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  Speaker 2: and I do think I am still usually good in
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  Speaker 2: Grand Slams, meaning yes, I can lose now first round,
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  Speaker 2: but I don't think if I may say I lost
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  Speaker 2: the ability to.
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  Speaker 3: Perform in Grand Slams.
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  Speaker 2: So I do think it can come back any moment,
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  Speaker 2: meaning at Wimbledon for example. But again, if we talk
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  Speaker 2: in general about all four Grand Slams, I think if
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  Speaker 2: we compare the all four Grand Slams to five years ago,
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  Speaker 2: the game is different on these Grand Slams, and I
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  Speaker 2: don't think it suits me well, and so it's very
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  Speaker 2: tough for me to get the rhythm going, and the
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  Speaker 2: first round is the toughest one, and once I get
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  Speaker 2: through it, maybe I can do better.
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  Speaker 4: You said that you know the reasons why you maybe
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  Speaker 4: don't play it that well at Roland Garros. Would you
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  Speaker 4: ever consider skipping it missing it?
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  Speaker 3: No?
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, I mean unless I'm injured, of course,
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  Speaker 2: but no. I mean even one time I had this
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  Speaker 2: hair knee injury and I could consider skipping it and
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  Speaker 2: prepare for Wimbledon like being more let's even call it healthy,
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  Speaker 2: But no, I want to play Grand Slams.
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  Speaker 3: Same to the previous question.
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  Speaker 2: I know that you know I'm in good shape and
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  Speaker 2: I can play well in rolling arras as well. I can,
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  Speaker 2: It's just tougher for me, and first rounds are usually
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  Speaker 2: tougher for me, but I will always come here. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: you should consider playing a tournament before, which I usually
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  Speaker 2: don't do before Grandstams, But I mean, when it doesn't work,
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  Speaker 2: why not. So that's the only thing I will consider
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  Speaker 2: next year.