NEW DELHI: Although he wasn’t at his greatest, former champion Daniil Medvedev managed to defeat Fabian Marozsan 6-Three 6-2 7-6(5) on Thursday to advance to the US Open third spherical.
With six serve breaks in 9 video games, Medvedev claimed the opening set. The Hungarian’s serve was lackluster, and the Russian’s unusually cautious serving resulted in 4 double faults, as per Reuters.
From that time on, Medvedev was far more comfortable, aided by his opponent’s 45 unintentional errors and lengthy listing of badly timed drop pictures.
With six serve breaks in 9 video games, Medvedev claimed the opening set. The Hungarian’s serve was lackluster, and the Russian’s unusually cautious serving resulted in 4 double faults, as per Reuters.
From that time on, Medvedev was far more comfortable, aided by his opponent’s 45 unintentional errors and lengthy listing of badly timed drop pictures.
After successful with a springy backhand on match level, Medvedev-who has a tumultuous historical past with the Flushing Meadows crowd-seemed displeased with the spectators’ lack of enthusiasm.
Though fifth seed Medvedev superior to the finals of each the Australian Open and the Indian Wells Open this yr, he was not thought of one of many favorites heading into the U.S. Open following first-round losses at tune-up occasions in Cincinnati and Canada.
Within the third spherical on Saturday, Medvedev-who was damaged 4 instances throughout the match-will tackle Flavio Cobolli, an Italian who’s ranked 31st.
