This week, ATP Tour has two tournaments in the 500 category, Swiss Open and Vienna Open. In particular, the tournament in Austria has the presence of many notable players such as Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas or Dominic Thiem.
Last night, Medvedev had just had a match within the first round of men's singles. His opponent is Nikoloz Basilashvili, a 30 -year -old player ranked 94 in the world. With the difference level, the No. 1 seed does not have much difficulty to win.
Entering Set 1, Medvedev quickly “hit” Basilashvili when he won the break right in the game 2. After that, the Russian player took 3-0 and 4-1.
In the rest of the set, Basilashvili could not turn the flag. Not only that, the 94 ATP player also lost the break once more in game 8. He accepted to lose the 2-6 gap in this set.
In Set 2, the script has nothing to change when Medvedev is still the one who completely owns the game. The No. 1 seed won the previous break in game 4 and then ended the opponent in game 8 decided with another break. 6-2 in favor of the Russian tennis player is also the result of this set.
In the end, Medvedev defeated Basilashvili with a score of 6-2, 6-2, thereby being present in the second round of Vienna Open. Notably, his opponent in this round will be Dominic Thiem. Yesterday, the Austrian player had an impressive comeback against Tommy Paul to get tickets to continue.
In the remaining matches, Stefanos Tsitsipas also went on the second round after the 7-6 (2), 6-2 victory over Dennis Novak. In the second round, the Greek player will face Borna Coric.
