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Daniil Medvedev needs to prove he's on track to defend his US Open title with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round of the Cincinnati Open. It looked like on tuesday.
Medvedev builds momentum by winning his event without dropping a set, heading into the final Grand Slam of the year at Flushing his Meadows. However, Nick was defeated by Kyrgios in the second round of the 2018 Canadian Masters. Montreal last week.
The Russian got off to a strong start against Dutchman Van de Zandschulp but took the first set after an immediate break.
The second set was even more challenging as the world No. 1 player had to save his points for the set, but Van Dezant was unable to close out the match. Schulp's multiple doubles took advantage of his fault.
"The second set wasn't too bad," Medvedev said in an on-court interview. “He had a lot of double faults today and wasn’t serving particularly well. 2 breaks was enough to win and I should have done a little better on my serve, but the first match was tricky so I'm glad I managed it and hope to improve my level in the next match.
Medvedev will face America's Tommy Paul or Canada's Denis Shapovalov in the next round.
Kyrgios quickly regained his composure after losing his temper in his 7-5 6-4 win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and advanced to the second round, where Taylor with his Fritz play against
Kyrgios appeared to be in complete control, but he made a failed serve to win the first set and broke early in the second set. accomplished.
But as the Spaniard equalized his 2-2 tie, the fiery Australian stood in a moment that recalled his victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas at Wimbledon. threw the ball into He failed to make it the default.
However, Kyrgios quickly regained his composure and retained his love in the next game, another giant to set up a meeting with America's Fritz at the final conditioning event before the US Open begins. I sealed the victory with a good serve. in New York on August 29th.
"Fritzie is my good companion," said Kyrgios.
"He's a good all-around player and has a great serve. He likes to play on his front foot like I do. It's going to be a big serve so we'll see how it goes." Let's see."
Fritz's strong serve and aggressive returns saw him win 6-1 6-1 over Argentina's Sebastian Baez early in the day.
The win marked his 33rd win of the year for the 11th seed and extended Baez's losing streak to his six games.
No. 10 seed Yannick Sinner of Italy improved to 37-10 this year with a 6-7(9), 6-4, 7-6(6) victory over Tanasi Kokkinakis of Australia. .
In his other first-round match of the Masters 1000 tournament, American Paul beat compatriot Jenson Brooksby 6-3 6-2 while Australia's Alex De Minaur beat Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen. 6-2, 6-2, and Croatia's Bornacoric lost. Lorenzo Musetti 7-6 (2) 6-3 and Spain's Albert Ramos he Vinolas beat Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-2 6-3. (Reporting by Lori Carroll, Los Angeles; additional reporting by Ardie Nair; editing by Ken Ferris)