Ehe number 1 of the ATP Daniil Medvedev He made his debut at the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells with a placid victory against the Czech Thomas Macac, 158 of the ranking. The Russian, in his first match as world tennis monarch, has prevailed in his second round duel by 6-3 and 6-2 in just one hour and 12 minutes of play.
Medvedev, who snatched the world number 1 from the Serbian two weeks ago Novak Djokovichad to save a break ball in the first game of the match but it was a mirage, because the Czech, who came from the previous phase and that the recent finalist of the Australian Open had never been measured, he did not put the winner of the last US Open in trouble again.
the russian instead s took advantage of his first break ball in the sixth game and he didn’t waste his first set point in the opening set either.
Medvedev, who He scored up to 13 points in a row and was very effective at the service -77% of points won by 52% of his rival-, he did not relax in the second set, in which he added two new breaks in the first and fifth games.
The world number 1, who has never passed the round of 16 in Indian Wells, will be measured in sixteenths the winner of the duel between Gal Monfils and Serbian Filip Krajinovic.