Daniil Medvedev admitted that he was ‘surprised’ over his big celebration after he defeated Arthur Fils to reach the Indian Wells semi-finals.
The fifth seed reached the semi-finals with a hard-fought win over Arthur Fils, winning a dramatic last set tiebreak.
Proceeding victory was the over of the top celebration as Medvedev has struggled with confidence and form recently.
It clearly meant a lot for Medvedev who admitted he was surprised by his big celebration that was also impacted by the fact that he thought Fils would miss the last shot, “Yeah, I didn’t see it yet, but yeah, I mean, first of all, I lost three very tight matches this year, two of which I was really close to winning, [Learner] Tien and [Tallon] Griekspoor,” Medvedev was quoted by tennis infinity as saying.
“The more you lose matches like this, the more you lose confidence in these tight moments. I remember one time 2018, I was actually surprised, I didn’t follow the statistic, but I had like 20 tie-breaks won in a row, something like this. This is a matter of confidence. Sometimes you are; sometimes you are not. If I would have lost this one, I would have felt bad.
“And also, I was actually if I would make a winner on match point, I would probably be less excited because I was surprised; I thought the point was over, and we go again, and he missed it. It happens. I was surprised, and that got my adrenaline too much. I couldn’t control it.”
Medvedev will look to repeat similar celebrations as he takes on Holger Rune in the Indian Wells semi-finals on Saturday.
A win would see Medvedev into his third consecutive Indian Wells final.
