A few days before the start of the tournament, Medvedev held an exhibition match with Serbian Novak Djokovic, after which, despite the defeat, Daniil noted: he likes his condition before Wimbledon. Grass is not Medvedev’s favorite surface, but he sometimes shows his class on it. It is enough to remember last year’s Wimbledon, where Daniil reached the semi-finals.
It is still difficult to predict how far Medvedev will go this time. The Russian will compete with Frenchman Alexander Muller for passage to the next round.
Daniil won all six of his first round matches on British courts
As for the rest of our compatriots, Pavel Kotov lost to Australian Jordan Thompson 7:5, 7:5, 4:6, 4:6, 4:6. The sixth racket player of the world, Andrei Rublev, is starting his Wimbledon journey: he will face Francisco Comesana (Argentina). Karen Khachanov will play Aslan Karatsev, Roman Safiullin will play Argentine Francisco Serundolo.
The first day of the women’s singles tournament was full of events. First of all, it is worth mentioning that it became known about the refusal of the Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (22nd racket of the world) and the third racket of the planet, the representative of Belarus Arina Sabalenka, to participate in Wimbledon. The reason for Alexandrova’s withdrawal from the competition was illness, and Sabalenka is worried about the pain in her shoulder.
Meanwhile, the top Russian players (world No. 12) Daria Kasatkina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova have advanced to the next round: Kasatkina defeated China’s Zhang Shuai (6-3, 6-0), Pavlyuchenkova defeated American Taylor Townsend (7-6, 6:1). In the second round, Kasatkina will face either Tamara Korpacz (Germany) or Yuriko Miyazaki (Great Britain), while Pavlyuchenkova will face Zhu Lin (China).
