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Daniil Medvedev said he will need to play at a \u201c20 out of 10\u201d to beat defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday\u2019s Indian Wells final in the California desert.<\/p>\nDaniil Medvedev said he will need to play at a \u201c20 out of 10\u201d to beat defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday\u2019s Indian Wells final in the California desert.<\/p>\n
Medvedev beat Tommy Paul 1-6 7-6(3) 6-2 in the semi-final on Saturday to set up a clash against two-times Grand Slam champion Alcaraz \u2013 a repeat of last year\u2019s final.Alcaraz has won three of his last four meetings with Medvedev and boasts a 3-2 head-to-head record against the Russian.Medvedev said he would approach the match with the same mindset he took into this year\u2019s Australian Open final, where he lost to Jannik Sinner.\u201cI knew last three times Sinner beat me, and I knew if I want to win I have to go there, give my all, 11 out of 10, 20 out of 10, whatever,\u201d Medvedev told reporters.\u201cThat\u2019s the way I entered the match with Carlos in the U.S. Open, also. I still feel this way, especially on this court.\u201dMedvedev said he was trying not to centre his season around the four Grand Slams, adding that he hoped this approach would work at Indian Wells \u2013 the only hardcourt Masters 1000 title he has not yet won.\u201cI want to try to win more than just Grand Slams. I want to try to play good in other tournaments,\u201d the former world number one said.\u201cI\u2019m happy that here I managed to do it and it\u2019s not a Grand Slam but I managed to stay focused, fight till the end, and yeah, try to win it.\u201cI\u2019m just trying my best all the time. Sometimes my best is very good. Sometimes it\u2019s not. Let\u2019s hope tomorrow it\u2019s going to be very good.\u201dFollow the
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Daniil Medvedev expressed the need to perform exceptionally well, rating his required effort as “20 out of 10,” to defeat Carlos Alcaraz in the Indian Wells final. Medvedev advanced to the final by beating Tommy Paul in the semi-final. He is set to face Alcaraz, against whom he has a 2-3 head-to-head record. Medvedev compared his upcoming approach to the match with his mindset during the Australian Open final against Jannik Sinner. He also mentioned his aim to excel in tournaments beyond the Grand Slams, highlighting Indian Wells as a significant non-Grand Slam event he has yet to win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[438,1726,932,3,988,250,1079,387,2265,2257,18],"class_list":["post-4485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-australian-open","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-court","tag-cyprus","tag-fight","tag-google","tag-indian-wells","tag-lost","tag-medvedev","tag-meetings","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n