French Open LIVE: World No.2 Daniil Medvedev defeated Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the fourth round at the clay court major on Saturday. With the victory, Medvedev has won all his first three games in the tournament this year in straight sets. Follow French Open LIVE Updates & Medvedev vs Kecmanovic LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
French Open LIVE: Daniil Medvedev defeats Miomir Kecmanovic in straight sets to advance to fourth round of French Open 2022
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The second seed produced a high-class display to ease past the World No. 31 Kecmanovic at the clay-court Grand Slam. The 26-year-old found a different level to his game in overcoming the challenge of Kecmanovic, however, a sign that the 13-time tour-level titlist is nearing his best after missing much of the European clay season due to a hernia procedure.
Medvedev was taking on one of the in-form players on the ATP Tour in the 22-year-old Serbian, but that didn’t seem to affect the World No. 2 as he produced a sublime display featuring clean baseline hitting, precisely placed drop shots and authoritative net coverage to ease to a one-hour, 48-minute victory.
In the first set, he broke Kecmanovic twice as the Serb struggled to settle, particularly on his forehand side. Medvedev’s momentum showed no sign of slowing into the second set. The second seed broke Kecmanovic immediately to edge ahead, and although the Serb found some rhythm and posed challenge to the Russia, Medvedev had all the answers.
Medvedev held firm to seal the second set and ran away with proceedings in the third as he maintained a high level until the end to seal a statement win on the clay. His fourth-round opponent will be home favourite Gilles Simon or 20th seed Marin Cilic.
After losing his first four main draw matches at Roland Garros from 2017 to 2020, Medvedev is now a win away from reaching a second consecutive quarter-final in the French capital.
French Open LIVE: Daniil Medvedev defeats Miomir Kecmanovic in straight sets to advance to fourth round of French Open 2022
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