Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev defeated Australian Rinki Hijikata at the ATP-250 tournament in Los Cabos (Mexico).
The meeting ended with a score of 6:4, 6:3. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes.
The Russian athlete took exactly five hits, didn’t make a single double mistake and applied two of the seven break points. On behalf of the Australian representative, no ace, two double faults and unrealized break points.
In the next round, Daniil Medvedev will play Lithuanian Richardas Berankis, who is ranked 98th in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rating.
Former Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina to win Over US representative Taylor Townsend at the WTA-500 tournament in San Jose (USA).
Recall that in April the organizers of Wimbledon refused the admission of Russian and Belarusian tennis players to the competition. In addition, players from these countries are banned from participating in turf tournaments in England under the auspices of the LTA.
A month before the start of the tournament, the ATP and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced that they would not award points to Wimbledon participants because Russians and Belarusians did not participate in the tournament. The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) also joined them.