Gilles Cervara, Daniil Medvedev’s coach, hopes to keep the brilliant hand of Carlos Alcaraz in this Friday’s thrilling Wimbledon semi-final.
The first Wimbledon semi-final will be a carbon copy of the 2023 poster, this Friday at 2:30pm Last year, Carlos Alcaraz swept Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. But the Russian is a boy who learns his lessons. On Tuesday, he ended a streak of five consecutive victories against Jannik Sinner. He hopes to erase this bad memory.
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“I think it will be different,” Daniil Medvedev said after his performance against the world number 1. “Last year, I played five sets in the eighth against Eubanks. I only had one day off. This time, I will be fresh. He played his fourth on court 1 and I was on Center Short, he can make a difference in feeling. I’m ready to fight and play good tennis.”
“Find a strategy to get him off the road”
Without the tactical plan that he will implement to eliminate the achievement of the Spaniards, Gilles Cervara takes us in the preparation for this semi-final round, the ninth Grand Slam to his chest.
“Last year, Alcaraz walked all over us. “He has a shooting quality that hurts. You have to find a strategy to get him off the road. What is annoying is his shooting speed. From the baseline, I like the image, he can push a button and he hits that’s it, it’s ten meters away!”
If he succeeded, Daniil Medvedev would push the Spaniard to fifth place in the world. Worst ranking of “Carlitos” since July 25, 2022.