Daniil Medvedev admits ‘mental fatigue’ got the best of him in 2023 that led to frequent altercations with the crowd, aims to improve his on-court behavior for 2024

Daniil Medvedev last performed at the 2023 World Tennis League.

Daniil Medvedev admits ‘mental fatigue’ got the best of him in 2023 that led to frequent altercations with the crowd, aims to improve his on-court behavior for 2024

Daniil Medvedev (Credits: Daily Express)

Daniil Medvedev recently made headlines after facing controversy and allegations for showing his middle finger to the crowd in Paris after the Russian clashed with Grigor Dimitrov in the second round of the 2023 Paris Masters.

The match, which witnessed Medvedev fall in three tight sets against the Bulgarian pro, ended on an unusual note owing to the Russian’s actions and spiked backlash from the tennis community. However, the 27-year-old recently made a candid admission to address the altercations and cited improving his on-court behavior for the 2024 season.

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During a recent off-court interview, Daniil Medvedev reserved a few words to address the motivation he adheres to while competing with the top players in the sport.

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Subsequently, the 2021 US Open champion directed his statement towards his frequent controversies with spectators and cited mental fatigue as the reason. However, the Russian insisted on improving for the upcoming season to avoid any future occurrences. 

Try to be more professional, try to fight harder, try to be better on the court. Because I think actually at the end of the season I was a little bit too much all over the place because I was mentally tired. So, I'm going to try to do all of this better next year and hopefully I can become a better person.
Daniil Medvedev said in an interviewer via The National News.

The World No. 3 recently laid his hands on the 2023 World Tennis League title after the Russian and Andrey Rublev led Team Eagles to down rival Team Kites by 29-26.

Daniil Medvedev claims Novak Djokovic poses the biggest threat on the ATP Tour

Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev recently claimed that Novak Djokovic will always threaten his ambitions and dream runs in the upcoming 2024 season, owing to the formidable form of the latter.

The World No. 1 claimed his 24th Grand Slam title this season after downing Medvedev in the summit clash of the US Open.

Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic (Credits: Fox Sports)
The only thing I'm sure of is that Novak is always going to be up there. I think both they [rivals] and I were a step above the others, as the ranking showed. In each season you can see ups and downs of most tennis players.
Medvedev told The National News (via Puntodebreak)

The World No. 3 is speculated to perform next at the 2024 Australian Open, a hardcourt event where the 27-year-old suffered a dreadful fate last season after he lost the third round to Sebastian Korda in straight sets.

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