
On Wednesday, 4-time champion Novak Djokovic makes his debut against French “lucky loser” Corentin Moutet. And Taylor Fritz defeated countryman Frances Tiafoe in three. Grigor Dimitrov and Denis Shapovalov also got past French opposition. Medvedev had made the finals of his last six events.Īlso Tuesday, Alexander Zverev rolled into the third round and bolstered his London hopes beating Fernando Verdasco 6-1, 6-3. This has happened to me the other way round, and it was great to be on the right side of the court this time. “And all my break points, I played them well, so it’s frustrating when you’re the opponent. “When you play players like that, that are of such a high level, you need to have a perfect game level,” he added.

It’s great, and I’m going to enjoy it tonight. All the efforts that are deployed every day are aimed at achieving a goal like this one. “When you play a match like this on the central court in France and you win it, it’s a wonderful feeling. Medvedev had been the hottest guy the last half of the year, but the winner of the last two Masters was shocked by Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. The win was Struff’s seventh Top 10 victory of his career, and set him up for a showdown with Matteo Berrettini. Khachanov, the defending champion, was ousted by 29-year-old German Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5. Russian stars Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev were causalities in their opening rounds at the prestigious Paris Masters Indoors.
