Medvedev Completes Win Over Mannarino To Reach R3

Third seed Daniil Medvedev made short work of his delayed passage through to the Wimbledon third round Friday, playing just five games to complete a 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(5) win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.

The 2021 US Open champion was locked at 4-4 in the third set with the lefty when darkness forced the postponement of the match Thursday night. In contrasting warm, sunny conditions Friday, Medvedev recovered from an early mini-break in the tie-break to book a date with the winner of Marcos Giron and Marton Fucsovics.

"Not easy to play two different days," Medvedev said in his post-match press conference. "Four-all, never easy. Straightaway you're nervous, you don't want to lose this set because the momentum of the match can change. Happy that I managed to close it out on the tie-break. I feel like I played pretty well from the start today. We had some unbelievable points."

Before today, Mannarino had won three of the pair’s four grass-court meetings, including last month at ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

Medvedev advanced to the second round at the All England Club after defeating wild card Arthur Fery 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round on Wednesday. Medvedev’s best Wimbledon result is reaching the round of 16 in 2021 (l. to Hurkacz).

"Today I think I played even better than yesterday, so far [I am] happy," Medvedev said. "The further you go, the tougher the opponents, the tougher the matches. This match was much better than the first one. That's how you want to be in a Grand Slam."