The highest-seeded Frenchman in the draw cruised in his Roland Garros opener on Sunday. Fifteeenth seed Lucas Pouille routed Russian Daniil Medvedev, a titlist in Sydney earlier this year, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
Pouille won 82 per cent of his first-serve points and won almost half of his return points against the 22-year-old Medvedev.
France's No. 1 enjoyed his best Roland Garros showing last year when he reached the third round (l. to Ramos-Vinolas). He's into the second round for the fifth time. Pouille will next meet Brit Cameron Norrie or German Peter Gojowczyk, who finished as the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open runner-up on Saturday (l. to Fucsovics).
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It's been 35 years since France's Yannick Noah won Roland Garros in 1983. No other Frenchman has matched the feat – or won another Grand Slam title – in the Open Era.
In other action, 26th seed Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina saved nine of 10 break points to beat American qualifier Denis Kudla 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. Dzumhur, a two-time ATP World Tour titlist, will next meet Radu Albot of Moldova, who came back to beat Frenchman Gregoire Barrere 4-6, 0-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 in two hours and 33 minutes.
“I have sort of lukewarm feelings,” Barrere said. “I'm obviously disappointed to lose like that, but I'm very happy about my playing level for the first three sets. I'll have to continue playing like that and seizing the game in my hands.”
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Pouille broke into the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings in March for the first time. View ATP Rankings
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