London [UK], July 7 (ANI): The World No. 3 Daniil Medvedev made fast work of his delayed journey into the third spherical of Wimbledon on Friday, as he performed simply 5 video games to finish a 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(5) win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.
Former World No. 1 booked a date with the winner of Marcos Giron and Marton Fucsovics’ conflict.
The 2021 US Open winner was tied 4-4 within the third set with the lefty when the match was referred to as off Thursday night time because of darkness. Medvedev recovered from an early mini-break within the tie-break to clinch a date with the winner of Marcos Giron and Marton Fucsovics in contrasting heat, sunny circumstances Friday.
“Not easy to play two different days. Four-all, never easy. Straightaway you’re nervous, you don’t want to lose this set because the momentum of the match can change. Happy that I managed to close it out on the tie-break. I feel like I played pretty well from the start today. We had some unbelievable points,” ATP.com quoted Medvedev as saying in his post-match press convention.
“Today I think I played even better than yesterday, so far [I am] happy. The further you go, the tougher the opponents, the tougher the matches. This match was much better than the first one. That’s how you want to be in a Grand Slam,” Medvedev mentioned.
Elsewhere, Matteo Berrettini wasted no time in overwhelming fifteenth seed Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 within the second spherical of Wimbledon.
The 2021 finalist dominated on service, successful 88% of factors on his first serve and denying all three of the Australian’s breakpoints. Berrettini continued to dominate from the baseline, hitting 38 winners to De Minaur’s 16.
“Really, really happy with the performance. I think I played really well from the very first point until the end. Something that I actually didn’t expect that much,” Berrettini mentioned in his post-match press convention.
The World No. 38 will subsequent conflict towards nineteenth seed Alexander Zverev within the third spherical after the German defeated Japanese fortunate loser Yosuke Watanuki 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.
Zverev hit the ball cleanly and persistently all through the two-hour, 25-minute contest, concluding with 15 unforced errors towards Watanuki’s 34.
“He’s one of the best grass-court players in the last few years. He made the Wimbledon final in 2021, won at The Queen’s Club two times. Definitely his best surface. I think it’s definitely one to look out for,” Zverev mentioned in his on-court interview. (ANI)