2023-07-07 12:18:08
Medvedev completed his match once morest Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, which was stopped on Thursday evening due to darkness, when the Russian was ahead by two sets and 4-4 in the third, to win 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5).
Medvedev returned to London this year following the Russian and Belarusian players were banned from last year’s edition due to the war on Ukraine, and his best result remains on the London grass, the fourth round in 2021.
Medvedev achieved his third victory once morest the Frenchman, compared to four for the last, who dropped the Russian in the 16th round of the Dutch Hertogenbuch tournament this year on grass.
The rainy weather on the first day of the tournament destabilized the match schedule, as some players play the third round on Friday, similar to the Serbian Novak Djokovic, the defending champion, while others play the second round, such as Spain’s Carlos Alcaras, the world number one.
Also, the law imposed to stop the competitions at eleven o’clock in the evening caused the completion of some matches on Friday, following the confrontation between Andy Murray and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas stopped Thursday evening on the main court following the Briton was ahead by two sets to one.
Kvitova, ranked ninth in the world and defending champion in 2011 and 2014, qualified for the third round by defeating Russian Alexandra Sansovich 6-2, 6-2.
Spain’s Paula Badusa withdrew from her second-round match once morest Marta Kostyuk due to injury when the Ukrainian was leading 6-2, 1-0.
American Madison Keys, who won the Eastbourne tournament last week, also reached the third round by defeating Swiss Victoria Golobek 7-5, 6-3.
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