Daniil Medvedev has just disappointed in Halle Open when he was eliminated from the opening round. 1 week before Wimbledon 2021 started, the world's No. 2 player continued to attend another tournament, Mallorca Open – ATP 250 tournament held in Spain. He wants the best momentum for the third Grand Slam of the year.
In Mallorca, Medvedev is ranked No. 1 and is exempt from the round of play. Last night (June 22), he had just had a match in the second round. Encountered young Corentin Moutet, the Russian star did not have much difficulty to have a ticket to continue.
Entering the match, Medvedev had a bad start. He let Moutet win the break in game 2 and then lead to 0-3. Even so, the world's No. 2 tennis player awakened in time. For the remaining time of the set, he reclaimed the break in game 7 and game 9 and closed set 1 with a 6-4 victory.
Set Set 2, Moutet has a psychological surrender. After winning the first game, the 22 -year -old tennis player lost the following games. On the other side of the battle line, Medvedev has twice won the breaks in games 5 and 7, thereby defeating Moutet with a bold score of 6-2 in this set.
In the end, Medvedev won 2-0 and officially participated in this year's Mallorca Open quarterfinals. Speaking after the match, the Russian player confirmed today's match helped him a lot more confident after the shock at Halle Open:
“Today, I started the game badly. Even so, I was still very happy to win the final. It helps me to be much more confident. Hopefully I can play better in the next rounds.”
Currently, Medvedev has identified its opponent in this year's Mallorca quarterfinals. It was Casper Ruud, who passed Tennys Sandgren in the second round. The two players will face each other tomorrow night (June 24).
