Daniil Medvedev received his ticket to the 2nd week of Roland-Garros when he beat Tomas Machac, who was within the finals of the final Geneva Open, in 4 units. The Czechs nonetheless made life tough for the previous world No. 1.
The Russian enters the spherical of 16 of Roland-Garros for the third time in his profession after his quarter of 2022 (Stefanos Tsitsipas) and his eighth of 2023 (Marin Cilic). However he needed to struggle onerous towards a courageous Machac, who confirmed the wonderful capability that was seen final week on the Geneva Open, the place he knocked down Novak Djokovic specifically.
7 video games in a row misplaced
The Czech held on Medvedev for a very long time, who needed to undergo a tiebreaker to win the primary set, then made the break on the proper time within the subsequent set. It was at the beginning of the third spherical that the previous world No.1 misplaced his footing, after making the break (clean!) at the beginning.
He really dropped 7 video games in a row within the sequence, dropping his server at the beginning of the 4th set! However then he regained his senses and moved higher to regain management of the change. At 5-4 in his favor, the Russians put stress on Machac, who misplaced an enormous simple smash to open the door for the 2nd week of his opponent, who will face Alex De Minaur, executioner of Jan-Lennard Struff.
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