Daniil Medvedev beats Benoit Paire 7-62 6-1 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Medvedev will engage against Jan-Lennard Struff in the 3rd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The Russian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Medvedev broke back in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 2.
2nd set.
Medvedev had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Paire in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Daniil extended his lead after breaking Benoit in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before managing to win the set.
A crucial moment of the match was when Medvedev won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 72 points vs. the French Player’s 54 points.
Daniil served very well to win 76% of the points (22/29) behind his first serve, and he won 77% points (17/22) on his second serve. Medvedev won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points because he converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, Benoit was remarkable in converting all the break points (1/1). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Medvedev and Paire is 2-0 for Daniil.
Next Match: Daniil Medvedev vs. Jan-Lennard Struff – H2H and stats
Medvedev will face Struff in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Jan-Lennard Struff fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Medvedev won 6-3 3-6 7-63 in the 2nd round in Marseille back in 2017.
