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The Australian Open finalist's shock defeat by
Serbian Dusan Lajovic at Rotterdam last week was only his second
loss in 22 matches.
"It's time to build a new streak, a new dynamic," said the
Russian, who will move up one place to No. 2 in the world
rankings on Monday.
"That's why tennis is sometimes good and sometimes bad. When you
lose first round, you have next week to try to win the
tournament.
"But when you win a lot of matches in a row, you can lose a few
first rounds and then you are feeling like you're playing very
bad. You always have to remember good moments."
Medvedev faces 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals champion Jannik Sinner
in the Marseille quarter-finals.
"That's a tough draw. I could definitely have an easier draw
with playing Egor straightaway and Jannik in the quarters," he
added.
Regardless of the result, he will be the first player outside
Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray to be
ranked in the top two since Nadal overtook Lleyton Hewitt to
become number two in 2005.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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