In just enough, break in each set, the Russian Daniil Medvedev, second seeded in the Masters 1,000 in Madrid, defeated the Italian Andrea Vavassori 6-4, 6-3 in his debutthe second game won by the Muscovite in his four participations at the Caja Mágica.
Vavassori, 27, in his first career match against a top-10 player, did more than expected against the number three in the world, but Medvedev does not love the ground and does not show the level that he shows on other surfaces.
The match was briefly interrupted by rain when the score read 6-4 and 1-1although there is no need to resort to the Manolo Santana track’s retractable roof.
Medvedev broke to win the first set and take a 5-3 lead in the secondafter withstanding a good forehand and an effective cut backhand from his rival, 164 in the world (his best position so far) and coming from the previous stage in Madrid, he then eliminated the British Andy Murray in the first round.
The Russian, leader of victories this season, now has 32, He won 19 titles during his career, none on clay.
In his last tournament on this surface, Monte Carlo, he reached the quarterfinals and lost to Dane Holger Rune.
In his fourth participation in Madrid, Medvedev is confident that he will have more luck than his predecessors: he lost his first match in 2018 and 2019 and the second in 2021in the round of 16 against Chilean Cristian Garín.
His next opponent was his compatriot Alexander Shevchenko.
Source: La Verdad
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