April 30, 2023, 9:40 AM
April 30, 2023, 9:40 AM
He Russian Daniil Medvedev eliminated the Italian this Saturday Andrea Vavassori 6-4 and 6-3 to go to the third round of the Masters 1000, where the Greek is also Stefanos Tsitsipas after beating Dominic Thiem.
A service break in each set it was enough for Medvedev, number three in the world, to separate the Italian in 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Vavassori, from the qualifying phase and that in the previous round he had eliminated andy murrayresisted but could not overcome a Medvedev who ended up imposing his best situation in the ranking.
The Russian will face his compatriot in the next round Alexander Shevchenko, also coming from the previous phase, who defeated the Czech Jiri Lehecka by a double 6-1 in just 45 minutes.
The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas opened with victory in Madrid beating the Austrian Thiem 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) in 2 hours and 19 minutes.
The Greek started with doubts, who left the first set against a Thiem that started strong.
Tsitsipas, who is yet to register a win in 2023, he reacted in the second sleeve.
In the final set, none of the contestants gave up their serve, despite the fact that Tsitsipas had up to five break chances in the eleventh gamesending the match to the tie-break, where the Greek was most firm.
Tsitsipas will play in the third round against Argentine Sebastian Baezwho beat American Marcos Giron 3-6, 6-3.
