“I never found my game”: Morozova - about the departure of Medvedev, whistling at Khachanov and the similarity of Djokovic with Agassi

- Daniil Medvedev was considered one of the favorites of the Australian Open, but leaves the tournament before even reaching the second week.

What do you think happened to him in the match against Sebastian Korda?

- I got the impression that Daniil may have changed something in his preparation, in the style of the game, but has not yet adapted to these innovations.

Therefore, at certain moments, not everything worked for him that was easy before.

And other tennis players began to better understand and read his game.

I was just discouraged by the fact that Korda constantly took his serve.

I was even a little offended for Danya.

After all, sometimes he served well, showed a very high level, but the American coped with almost everything.

And not just beat, but could immediately win a point.

Medvedev did not develop a game.

Usually he is smarter than everyone, but here he could not find the keys needed to win.

But we must admit that Korda acted amazingly.

He moved amazingly, served, he had a wonderful technique.

The main thing is that he absolutely phenomenally accepted.

And Danya never found his tennis.

For example, he played very little on the left along the line, and he always had this shot at his best.

Many things in his game raised questions.

Perhaps, I repeat, these are some changes in the approach to the training process, maybe he did not get the form that is necessary for the Grand Slam tournament.

- Karen Khachanov, on the contrary, took a huge step forward and for the first time in his career reached the fourth round of the Australian Open.

“What Karen did is just unbelievable.

How can you win back from 1:6 in a tie-break in the men's round and take the upper hand?

It doesn't fit in my head!

But he just did a great job, survived and won so beautifully.

- And under great pressure, because almost the entire stadium was rooting against him ...

- Khachanov coped well with this situation, tried not to pay attention.

When a tennis player is on the court, he is like in a glass flask that protects him.

And if the game is going great, and you are in good shape, this behavior of the audience does not get on your nerves too much.

Of course, it is more pleasant when you are supported, but even here everyone has their own preferences.

I liked it when they rooted against me.

Tennis players are already accustomed to this attitude, and some even play in public on purpose.

For example, Nick Kyrgios or formerly John McKinroe.

On the other hand, there are people like Roger Federer, who was adored everywhere for his amazing game.

He was the favorite of the audience at all tournaments.

But this happens very rarely.

Everyone has breakdowns that the public doesn’t like, but they don’t want to be rude on purpose, it’s just that sometimes the nerves can’t stand it, because tennis is a very difficult game.

But still, there is no such horror on the court as in football matches.

— Novak Djokovic could not agree with you, because one of the fans stubbornly insulted him for almost two hours.

- Just, as I said, there are favorites of the public, and there are those whom it does not really accept.

And Djokovic, in my opinion, is just not very loved by the fans, especially in Australia, where a terrible story happened to him last year.

I think the roots lie in this.

Then he, one might say, was deprived of the title, because he got in good shape.

He was treated badly.

And after all the ups and downs, the Serb won, returned, but had to cope with the negative.

Although I, for one, enjoy his game.

Novak, in a sense, can be compared with Andre Agassi, who at the end of his career showed absolutely classic tennis.

He didn't make any extra moves.

It was possible to learn from it - how to play on the left, on the right, how to move around the court.

Djokovic is on a different level, but does roughly the same thing.

He shows how to approach the ball, handle it.

He's perfect.

As a coach and spectator, I love him.

Djokovic's amazing handling of the ball with minimal effort and maximum return is simply discouraging.

- Andrei Rublev will most likely have to meet with the Serb in the next round.

Is it time to complain about the unsuccessful draw?

After all, Novak seems to have gained a good shape and caught his rhythm in this tournament.

- We will see.

Djokovic still walks with a bandaged leg.

Of course, we should expect that he will still rush around the court like a doe, but Andrey also plays cool.

Yes, he did not work out a bit in the matches before the Australian Open, but sometimes it’s even good to lose when you are preparing for a big tournament.

Sometimes the stress during the championship is also beneficial, as Khachanov had with the score 1:6 in a tie-break in the confrontation with Francis Tiafoe.

And Rublev is indeed in good shape, walking cleanly on the net, so anything is possible.

The most important thing is that he does not start to think that he is able to take over.

You just have to play and tune in to every match.

As soon as the thought of victory creeps into the head, problems begin.

Andrey is a hard worker, he has excellent technique, so why don't we hope?

- Did the defeats of Daria Kasatkina and Veronika Kudermetova in the first and second rounds shock you?

- It doesn’t fit in my head how Kasatkina could lose to Varvara Gracheva with a score of 1:6, 1:6.

She looked so good the day before and made it to the final in Adelaide.

Yes, not everything worked out in the decisive match, but for some reason we thought that she was deliberately saving her strength in front of AO.

And suddenly such a result ... And Kudermetova was simply "reduced" from the opportunity to go further.

She had so many mistakes in simple situations that I have never seen.

Maybe it was supernatural excitement.

Still, for the first time she made her way into the top 10 of the world ranking and came to the Grand Slam tournament as a seed.

This first time must be experienced.

Veronica did not work out, but let's hope we got a good experience.

- Which of the remaining girls do you prefer?

— I like Elena Rybakina.

She was very pleased last year at Wimbledon.

It's nice that her name is now on the list of winners.

Sharapova appears there, and now Rybakina too.

Do you understand what I mean?

And most importantly, a huge portrait of Elena hangs at the entrance to the center court, and I am pleased to see him.

And I don’t really like Iga Sviontek, who blows everyone away.

She is, of course, phenomenally strong and physically gifted, but her tennis does not impress me.

In the next round, the girls will meet each other, and with all my heart I wish Lena to go further.

In addition, Victoria Azarenka suddenly flashed again.

But she won the Australian Open twice, this is her cover, so anything can happen.

Who impressed the Russians the most?

— Diana Schneider.

Yes, she has already taken off, but made it to the second round.

She has a very interesting tennis.

When you look at a player, you always look for some zest, and Diana has it.

She has great thinking, she understands the situation perfectly and is not afraid, she moves wonderfully around the court.

It can go for a sharp unexpected blow, which I am always pleased to see, and the public, I'm sure, too.

I will not guess how far Diana will go, but it will be interesting for me to watch her.