Daniil Medvedev was not fairly positive really feel after his finest Wimbledon run ended with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 semi-final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz on Friday. Although he fell two wins in need of his second Grand Slam title, the World No. 3 superior past the fourth spherical for the primary time on the All England Garden Tennis Membership, which means he has now reached not less than the quarter-finals in any respect 4 majors.

“If one would ask me [before the tournament], ‘Are you pleased with the semi-final?’ I am like sure and no,” he mentioned in his post-match press convention. “For positive if I am within the semi-finals, I wish to win it. I wish to play in opposition to Novak on Sunday. I wish to attempt to maintain the trophy.

“But it surely’s my finest Wimbledon thus far. Usually on grass I did not really feel wonderful. These two weeks I felt nice. I am making an attempt often after the losses to seek out the positives. I used to be within the 4 finest gamers of the event, along with wonderful gamers: Jannik [Sinner], Novak [Djokovic], and Carlos.”

Medvedev felt he put in a decent exhibiting in opposition to Alcaraz. Sadly for him, it was not sufficient to noticeably bother the highest participant within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.

“He is a really robust participant,” Medvedev mentioned of his opponent. “I’d say basically to check just like the Huge 3, they’re wonderful, they win so many Grand Slams, they win so many matches. He is sort of like them. He is nonetheless 20. Already has one Grand Slam. Taking part in nice. Been No. 1 for a lot of, many weeks.

“On the identical time, I managed earlier than in my profession to beat the most effective gamers on the earth, together with a number of the Huge 3… You must play your finest. You must play your very best.

“I did not play unhealthy, however I did not play my very best. Towards somebody like Carlos, Novak, Rafa, it’s worthwhile to be at your finest. Possibly in opposition to different guys you might be taking part in not unhealthy, you are going to have your possibilities, through the match you are going to discover one thing to work with. With Carlos, it’s worthwhile to be at your very best and that is how one can win. Sadly, I used to be not.”

Whereas Medvedev mentioned he had some struggles adapting to the Centre Courtroom circumstances after 4 earlier matches on No. 1 Courtroom, he gave full credit score to Alcaraz for his emphatic victory.

“He was placing strain,” Medvedev mentioned. “I used to be doing a little second serves 100 miles per hour. Fairly respectable second serves. He was crushing them. I attempted.”

Although Medvedev won’t watch the ultimate as he digests his defeat, he thinks Alcaraz has an actual probability of ending Djokovic’s Wimbledon reign on Sunday.

“It is a very nice match. I am not going to lie, it is a very nice match to observe, however I am not going to observe it as a result of I’ll be too dissatisfied to not be there,” he mentioned. “I misplaced. I do not need to be there within the ultimate as a result of I did not win at the moment.”