Daniil Medvedev Dominates Wimbledon Opener with Powerful Performance

Fifth seed Daniil Medvedev confidently advanced to the Wimbledon second round with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Aleksandar Kovacevic. The 28-year-old Russian, aiming for a second Grand Slam title, dazzled with 16 aces and a dominant serve, taking just one hour 46 minutes to secure his victory.


Reuters | London | Updated: 01-07-2024 19:39 IST | Created: 01-07-2024 19:39 IST
Daniil Medvedev Dominates Wimbledon Opener with Powerful Performance
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Fifth seed Daniil Medvedev strode into the Wimbledon second round on Monday with an assured 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over American Aleksandar Kovacevic on his favourite Court One. The lofty 28-year-old Russian, beaten in the semi-finals last year by eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz, took one hour 46 minutes to dispose of the 88th-ranked New Yorker, who could not cope with his booming serve and whipped forehand.

Medvedev, chasing a second Grand Slam title after his 2021 U.S. Open triumph, fired 16 aces on his way to victory over the 25-year-old Kovacevic. He won the first set at a canter after breaking the New Kovacevic's first service game, took the second with a pair of aces after breaking in the seventh and ran away with the third, clinching it on this third match point with another ace.

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