Daniil Medvedev was brutally honest about his on-court behaviour (Image: Getty)
got candid as he discussed his “anger” during matches.
The former world No. 1 is known for his on-court outbursts. He often throws rackets, quarrels with umpires, and once broke a camera during a tournament.
After winning his opening match in Doha, the Russian admitted he had worked with psychologists to figure things out and said his daughter sometimes acted the same.
Medvedev has been struggling for form this year. He went 1-1 at the and 1-1 in Rotterdam but is attempting to turn things around at this week’s Qatar Open.
After losing the first set of his opening match to Karen Khachanov on Tuesday, the No. 4 seed stormed back to win 4-6 7-5 6-3 – but not before he chucked his racket and aired his frustrations.
The former champion in Doha later addressed his angry on-court behaviour versus his relaxed off-court demeanour and speculated whether he was “bipolar”.
Laughing, the world No. 6 said: “Almost like a bipolar, right? When I’m on the court I’m focused, adrenaline is kicking in.
Daniil Medvedev threw his racket in frustration on Tuesday (Image: Sky Sports)
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“Here, I now have zero adrenaline. When I don’t have adrenaline in my body, I’m very easy, I don’t see why should I be angry, etcetera.”
Medvedev has already attempted to find the source of his frustrations and he now believes they could be genetic after witnessing his daughter act the same.
He continued: “On the court, it’s a different story, it was since I was young, and I can see it a little bit in my daughter.
“Whenever I’ve worked with someone, like psychologist and etcetera, you try to find reasons, maybe it’s from childhood, this, that. But, well, my daughter, we didn’t even have time yet to educate her, and she acts like me sometimes. Maybe it’s in the genes.”
The 29-year-old also believes his emotions come from his desire to win.
“On the court I play to win. I play, you know, you play to die, to compete, the only thing that matters is to win the match,” he explained.
“Things can happen, so you get angry. I got angry today because I was losing the first set because I didn’t feel that I played well. I managed to focus back, but, yeah, definitely not laid back.
“But I separate very easy, because on the court it demands so much energy from me, focus. I’m very happy that here I’m easy, and like this tomorrow I can come back to the court and be focused again.”
Medvedev was able to return and lock in for his second-round match against Nino Borges. The world No. 6 has now won back-to-back matches for the first time this season, as he needed 56 minutes to advance 6-2 6-1.
The Russian will take on Felix Auger-Aliassime in Thursday’s quarter-final.