Daniil Medvedev recorded his first win at Roland Garros on his fifth attempt as he swept aside Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 on Monday in Paris.
The second-seeded Russian star came into the clay-court major with a 1-3 record this year on clay, with his sole victory coming over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the Mutua Madrid Open. However, Medvedev comfortably overcame World No. 37 Bublik to set up a second round clash against Tommy Paul or Christopher O'Connell.
After a lively start to the contest, where both players broke their opponents serve, mistakes started to leak off Bublik’s racquet as Medvedev pulled away for a 4-2 lead. The World No. 2 continued to dominate proceedings, winning 10 of 12 points on Bublik’s second serve in the first set, with the 23-year-old committing 19 unforced errors. While serving at 3-5, Bublik tamely handed Medvedev the opener as he double faulted for the third time in the set.
Medvedev stormed into a 4-0 lead in the second set, as he continued to capitalise on Bulbik’s poor serving display. Bublik managed to gain one of the break’s back and did save two set points at 2-5 after Medvedev had conjured up the second of those with a sensational cross-court forehand. However, his parity was short-lived as Medvedev moved to within one set of victory when Bublik mis-timed a forehand long in the following game.
Bublik’s deft touch and variety around the net started to cause the Russian a few more problems at the beginning of the third set. This, combined with greater discipline on his groundstrokes saw Bublik break the Medvedev serve at his third opportunity to move 5-3 ahead. Back-to-back double faults from 30/30 saw Medvedev respond immediately and he broke again, prior to holding to love and closing out victory in one hours and 54 minutes.
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