Roland-Garros: Daniil Medvedev, world number 2, eliminated in the first round!

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2023-05-30 17:54:53

First earthquake at Roland-Garros. Daniil Medvedev, world number 2, takes the door in the first round of the Parisian Grand Slam, defeated this Tuesday by the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth-Wild, 172nd in the ATP ranking. A defeat in five sets (7-6, 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4) more than surprising on the Philippe-Chatrier court.

Parisian clay has never succeeded for the 27-year-old Russian, more comfortable on hard, winner at the US Open (2021) and double finalist at the Australian Open (2021, 2022). He reached the quarter-finals at Roland-Garros only once (2021) and once again the round of 16 (2022). His other four stints had already ended at first (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020).

Medvedev landed in Paris with the status of winner of the Masters 1000 in Rome, his biggest career title on earth. “I may have higher expectations than usual at Roland-Garros but I know it can be a trap. You have to be able to use this confidence but without being too proud of yourself because you tell yourself “It will be easy” and from the first round you have a problem, you get angry and you miss a game, ”he said as if in anticipation last Friday.

In the next round, 23-year-old surprise Thiago Seyboth-Wild, who was playing only his second Grand Slam match after a US Open appearance in 2020, will face Frenchman Quentin Halys or Argentinian Guido Pella. The defeat of Daniil Medvedev opens the door in this second part of the table to players like Jack Sinner (8th in the world) or Casper Ruud (4th in the world).

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