Wimbledon: Medvedev moves into third round for the fourth time in a row
The Russian will play the winner of the match between American Marcos Giron and Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in the next round
Daniil Medvedev during his second round match at Wimbledon
Image Credit: Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, scored a straight sets win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino at Wimbledon to in a match that was carried over from Thursday night.
The Russian won 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (5) to move into the third round at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday. Medvedev was leading 6-3, 6-3, 4-4 when play was stopped on Thursday.
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The No.3 seed defeats Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(5)#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/JK8Ew1ntwK
The Russian, ranked No 3, avenged a loss to the Frenchman just last month in Halle on grass in the quarter-final round.
Medvedev will play the winner of the match between American Marcos Giron and Hungarian Marton Fucsovics for a place in the last 16. This is the fourth time in a row that Medvedev has reached the round of 32 at Wimbledon, his best performance being a fourth round finish in 2021.
The 27-year-old defeated wildcard Arthur Fery (7-5, 6-4, 6-3) earlier in the week
In the previous round of The Championships, Mannarino, ranked No 35, beat Russian Alexander Shevchenko (6-3, 6-3, 6-2).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16,077,000):
- Grigor Dimitrov (21) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Laslo Djere beat Ben Shelton (32): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Dominic Stricker (Q): 7-6 (11), 6-4, 6-2
- Mikael Ymer beat Taylor Fritz (9): 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Guido Pella beat Harold Mayot (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5
- Jiri Lehecka beat Francisco Cerundolo (18): 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
- David Goffin (WC) beat Tomas Barrios Vera (Q): 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
- Roman Safiullin beat Corentin Moutet: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Tommy Paul (16) beat Milos Raonic: 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-4
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Liam Broady (WC) beat Casper Ruud (4): 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Stan Wawrinka beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Maximilian Marterer beat Michael Mmoh (LL): 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Alexander Bublik (23) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0
- Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Jan Choinski (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
- Quentin Halys beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
- Jannik Sinner (8) beat Diego Schwartzman: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
- Novak Djokovic (2) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Andy Murray vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Cameron Norrie vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Alexander Zverev vs. Yosuke Watanuki
- Jason Kubler vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexandre Muller
- Marcos Giron vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Alex De Minaur
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Jiri Vesely
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Holger Rune
