Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic and Russian Daniil Medvedev will play tomorrow in the second round of Roland Garros.
Ranked 57th in the world, Miomir Kecmanovic has shown noticeable progress on clay courts, where he has played a significant number of matches this season. Since the start of the clay season, the Serbian tennis player has played 27 matches, winning 18 of them. His performance at the tournament in Rome is particularly noteworthy, where he first defeated top player Casper Ruud with a score of 0:6, 6:4, 6:4, and then took revenge on Thiago Monteiro, who had defeated him just a few days earlier. In Roland Garros, the Serb started with a victory over Monteiro, overcoming him 6:2, 6:1, 4:6, 7:5.
Failures at the Madrid tournament, where Kecmanovic lost to Casper Ruud 4:6, 1:6, did not affect his confidence in subsequent performances. He successfully overcame the first round of Roland Garros, which was an important step in improving his play on clay. This year, Miomir has proven that he can compete even with the strongest players on this surface, demonstrating character in difficult moments.
Miomir Kecmanovic continues his performance in Paris, where he aims to consolidate his positions and show that last year's successes on clay were not accidental. After defeating Monteiro in Rome and a confident start at Roland Garros, the Serbian tennis player hopes to continue his progress, despite previous defeats. The upcoming matches will show how ready he is to fight for high places at one of the most prestigious tournaments in the tennis calendar.
Ranked fifth in the world, Daniil Medvedev continues his performances at Roland Garros, having secured a confident victory over German Dominik Koepfer in the first round. The match, which ended with scores of 6:3, 6:4, 5:7, 6:3, highlighted both the advantages of the Russian player and the difficulties he faces on clay surfaces. Medvedev struggles to maintain consistency in his game on the slowest type of courts, especially evident in the third set, where he initially led with a break but then made a series of errors.
This season on clay, Medvedev has shown mixed results, suffering several defeats at major tournaments from Khachanov in Monte-Carlo and from Paul in Rome. After easy victories in the first and second sets against Koepfer at Roland Garros, the Russian had to concede the third set, again demonstrating his vulnerability on clay, losing the set from a 3-1 lead. However, Medvedev managed to gather himself and end the match in his favour in the fourth set, allowing him to advance to the next round.
Daniil Medvedev has been actively working to improve his performances on clay over the past couple of years, evidenced by his achievements at various tournaments. At the last tournament in Rome, the Russian reached the fourth round, where he lost to Paul with scores of 1-6, 4-6. Earlier, he had victories over Medjedovic and Draper, and in Madrid, he took to the court against Lehhecka, with whom he could not finish the match, trailing 4-6 at the time of withdrawal. At the same tournament, Medvedev defeated Bublik and Korda, showing his potential and ability to adapt to the challenges of clay surfaces.
Medvedev still does not know how to confidently close out everyone on clay, as clearly shown by the match with Koepfer. In the first-round match, the Russian erred in his shots, but to his credit, they have significantly improved. Apparently, working with the tricky player Gilles Simon is bearing fruit. But Kecmanovic is very good on clay, I think Medvedev will have problems, so I bet on a total of more than 34.5 games for the match Kecmanovic - Medvedev.
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