Paris (AFP)

Without any title so far this season, Daniil Medvedev has found the game that allowed him to shine last year to win Sunday at the Masters 1000 in Paris at the expense of Alexander Zverev (5-7, 6-4, 6-1): "it is not easy to play against me when I play like that", he savored.

QUESTION: After a mixed season, you found your best level this week ...

ANSWER: "I am really very happy with this victory, and especially with my level of play all week, I was at the top. I think it is not easy to play against me when I play like that. I still have to admit that after the loss of the first set, I didn't know what to do because I didn't have a break point. I had a hard time returning his first serve. And when I did. lost my face-off, I got a little tense because I felt like the game could get away from me. But I kept putting pressure on him constantly, I raised my level of play little by little, and he cracked. I'm very happy with my level of play, my mental behavior, because of course the last few weeks have not gone as I wanted. When you're Top 10, you just want titles."

Q: How do you explain your lack of success so far this season and the way you have played at Bercy?

A: "It's a question of level of play. There haven't been a lot of tournaments this year (due to the cutout related to the coronavirus pandemic). And after that, I only had five or six tournaments to play, including two on clay which is not my favorite surface. And today (in the final), there were points where Sacha (Zverev) could have put me in difficulty, but I knew exactly what to do, I knew if I lost those points I would lose the game. And I got away with it. "

Q: How do you approach the London Masters (November 15-22)?

A: "I'll be in better shape than last year. Last year, I was really dead tired. I had lost in the first round in Paris (just before) and I had lost all my confidence. always loses confidence after losing in the first round. There I won the tournament. I'm going to take a few days off and then go to London and train well. I hope to win a few games there. I haven't. no other goal than to get some victories. I'm not aiming for the final title. "

Interview by videoconference

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