The Russian fought back from 0-2 in sets.
Source: Reuters
SYDNEY, January 18. /TASS/. Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev beat Finn Emil Ruusuvuori in the second round match of the Australian Open. The tournament takes place in Melbourne.
The meeting ended with a score of 3:6, 6:7 (1:7), 6:4, 7:6 (7:1), 6:0 in favor of Medvedev, seeded third in the tournament. In the third round, the Russian will play with Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Medvedev is 27 years old, he ranks third in the world rankings, in 2022 the Russian was the first racket of the world for 16 weeks, and has 20 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) titles to his name. An athlete’s best result at a Grand Slam tournament is winning the US Open in 2021. In the same year, as part of the Russian team, Medvedev won the ATP Cup and Davis Cup.
Ruusuvuori is 24 years old, he is ranked 53rd in the ATP rankings, and has no victories in the organization’s tournaments. He never made it past the second round at Grand Slam tournaments.
The Australian Open runs from January 14 to 28. The tournament has been held since 1905, now it uses a hard surface, but until 1988, athletes competed on grass courts. The prize fund in 2024 is more than $57.8 million. The current winner of the competition is Serbian Novak Djokovic. Among the Russians in the men’s singles, the tournament was won by Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1999) and Marat Safin (2005).
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