Olympia 2020: Medvedev, Struff, Karatsev safe in round two
Daniil Medvedev has reached the second round at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The Russian had to stretch well against Alexander Bublik.
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last edit: Jul 24, 2021, 08:27 am
When Daniil Medvedev is allowed to play on hard court, the heart of the world number two is usually open. On the other hand, the draw at the Olympic Games in Tokyo with Medvedev did not mean well: With Alexander Bublik, there was an opponent on the other side of the net who can keep up with the absolute best on a good day. Now Bublik didn't have a bad day on Saturday - the favorite still prevailed. Medvedev won 6-4 and 7-6 (8) and will play either Denis Istomin or Sumit Nagal in round two.
Medvedev's double partner, Aslan Karatsev , also got off to a successful start. The semi-finalist of the Australian Open 2021 beat the American Tommy Paul with an astonishingly smooth 6: 3 and 6: 2.
Jan-Lennard Struff is also allowed to continue playing in singles. The German Davis Cup player won against Thiago Monteiro 6: 3 and 6: 4, but is now facing the most difficult task in tennis: In round two, the winner of the game between Novak Djokovic and Hugo Dellien is waiting. And in the general opinion that can only be the industry leader from Serbia. Struff's day's work was not over with the victory in the singles: Together with Alexander Zverev there was also the doubles against Hubert Hurkacz and Lukasz Kubot.