{"id":114324,"date":"2025-08-03T00:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T00:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114324\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T00:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T00:45:17","slug":"andrey-rublev-explains-what-was-so-unusual-about-daniil-medvedevs-latest-match-at-the-canadian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114324\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrey Rublev explains what was so unusual about Daniil Medvedev\u2019s latest match at the Canadian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Daniil Medvedev was hoping for a repeat of his 2021 success in Canada, but it wasn\u2019t to be as he fell in the third round.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Russian star travelled to Canada with title ambitions, in a field weakened by the withdrawals of Jannik Sinner<\/a>, Carlos Alcaraz, and Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n

Kicking off his campaign with an important win, Medvedev<\/a> struggled past Czech youngster Dalibor Svrcina in his opener to set up a third-round clash with the defending champion, Alexei Popyrin.<\/p>\n

\"DaniilPhoto by Scott Taetsch\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

It was there that his run came to an end, however, as Medvedev lost to Popyrin<\/a>, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6.<\/p>\n

Sharing his thoughts on Medvedev\u2019s defeat, Russian number one Andrey Rublev<\/a> explained how the surface speed affected him.<\/p>\n

Andrey Rublev says there were \u2018one or two rallies every ten minutes\u2019 in Daniil Medvedev\u2019s latest match<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Tennis Channel after his third-round win, Rublev commented on Medvedev\u2019s Canadian Open<\/a> exit.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the fast courts, yesterday I was watching Daniil [Medvedev] and Alexei [Popyrin]<\/a>\u2026Boom, boom serve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaniil is the kind of player that normally you play a lot of rallies with him, it was a lot of one serve, you spend ten minutes and you maybe see one or two rallies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rest was serve mistake, serve mistake, or maybe serve, return, mistake. There is less variety.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rublev had been discussing the difference in surface speeds at various tournaments on the ATP Tour<\/a>, as he revealed he preferred the slower courts to the faster courts used in Toronto.<\/p>\n

\"AndreyPhoto by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, most of the courts are super fast. I feel indoor courts are slower than outside courts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel as a spectator, I enjoy watching tennis more on the slower courts, even Wimbledon<\/a>, supposed to be fast grass, but you have much more rallies there, and you enjoy how they are defending, how they are playing, how they are thinking where to put the ball, the one who is trying to dictate.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the slower courts, you see it more clearly, tactics, physical conditions, speed-wise, how they are moving the legs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rublev may prefer watching tennis on slower courts, but that hasn\u2019t stopped him from performing on the faster Toronto courts in 2025.<\/p>\n

The 2024 Canadian Open finalist was made to work hard for a place in the fourth round, but managed to get the job done, securing the win in three sets.<\/p>\n