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, 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