PARIS (Reuters) – Second seed Daniil Medvedev cruised previous Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia with a snug 6-2 6-4 6-2 victory in lower than two hours on Saturday to advance to the French Open fourth round.
The U.S. Open champion, who reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros final 12 months after 4 consecutive first-round exits, performed close to flawless service video games all through to offer his opponent, ranked thirty first in the world, no actual likelihood.
“It was magnificent at the moment. I didn’t have my serve damaged,” Medvedev, runner-up on the Australian Open this season, mentioned in an on-court interview. “On this floor it’s fairly uncommon. Hopefully there are extra such matches for me subsequent week.
“Like in my French, I attempt to do higher in my tennis on a regular basis. The higher I study French the higher my tennis will develop into.”
Medvedev discovered little resistance on his least favorite floor from the Serb twenty eighth seed and broke him twice in the opening set earlier than one other early break made positive of a 2-0 set lead for the Russian.
He had arrived on the French Open with just one match on clay below his belt after present process a process to deal with a hernia in April nevertheless it didn’t present in opposition to Kecmanovic, who tried to battle again solely to be damaged once more at 2-2 following a prolonged rally and a slice backhand that went lengthy.
Medvedev completed the sport on his first match level, firing a forehand cross-court previous Kecmanovic. He subsequent performs the winner of the match between Frenchman Gilles Simon and Croatia’s Marin Cilic.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
