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WATCH: No.1 Seed Daniil Medvedev Kicks Sponsor Board, Loses Opening Match at Halle Open 2021

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World No.2 and top seed at Halle Open 2021, Daniil Medvedev slumped to a straight-set defeat at the hands of Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round. And in frustration, Medvedev kicked a sponsor board next to the court.

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Earlier, Medvedev had shocked everybody by reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open 2021. And with a switch to the faster surface in grass, it looked like Medvedev would be more comfortable on the surface. However, Medvedev’s first match on the grass at Halle Open looked uninspiring and further opened the draw.


Daniil Medvedev during his second-round match against Russia’s Aslan Karatsev REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Daniil Medvedev chokes against Jan-Lennard Struff at Halle Open 2021
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The first set was rather good for Medvedev at the start. He wasn’t giving many cheap points and quickly even broke Struff to lead, 3-1. He would then later reach a commanding position of 5-2 and looked set to take the set. However, the Russian failed to serve out the set at 5-3 and Struff was back in the match.

Moreover, at 6-5, Medvedev saw his set point saved during Struff’s serve and the opening set went into a tiebreaker. Here initially, Struff saw two set points at 6-4. But Medvedev saved both of them. However, the Russian’s resistance ended soon and Struff took the tiebreaker, 8-6, and the set, 7-6.


Daniil Medvedev’s failed comeback in the second set
The second set saw Medvedev’s frustration as he couldn’t influence Struff’s serve. Serving at 1-2, Medvedev was broken for the first time in the second set as Struff saw a victory coming. Later, as Struff was serving at 3-1, Medvedev failed to convert two break points and the German consolidated a 4-1 lead.


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Medvedev was again broken at 1-4, as he looked towards a certain defeat. But Struff’s lack of conviction haunted him again as he couldn’t convert a match point and lost his serve, 5-2. Medvedev would serve out a clean game to put pressure on Struff. While serving for the match the second time, Struff would not convert another match point and found himself in a precarious 40-40 situation. However, the German then became third time lucky as he converted his third match point to take the match, 7-6(6), 6-3.

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Medvedev Joins Thiem In Mallorca, Accepts Wild Card

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The Russian was upset in Halle on Tuesday
Daniil Medvedev has accepted a wild card into next week's Mallorca Championships, the tournament announced on Wednesday. The Russian joins Dominic Thiem, another wild card, at the ATP 250 event.

The World No. 2 competed on Tuesday at the NOVENTI OPEN in Halle, where as the top seed he was upset in the first round by big-hitting German Jan-Lennard Struff. He owns an 18-13 tour-level record on grass.


Medvedev's best result on the surface came two years ago, when he made the semi-finals at the cinch Championships in London. In 2017, as a 21-year-old, the Russian upset then-World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka in the first round at Wimbledon.

Medvedev had a clay-court breakthrough at Roland Garros, where he advanced to the quarter-finals. It was announced that Thiem would take a Mallorca wild card after the Austrian star lost in the first round on the Parisian clay.

The Mallorca Championships was originally set to make its debut in 2020, but was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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Medvedev: 'I Like Grass; I Just Need To Get Some Confidence'

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The Russian is the top seed in Mallorca
Daniil Medvedev fielded plenty of questions about his feelings on clay this season. But despite losing in the first round of the NOVENTI OPEN last week to start his grass-court season, the Russian has left no doubt ahead of the Mallorca Championships that on this surface, he is more confident.

“I like to play on grass, I just need to get some confidence in my game on the surface, because we didn’t play [on it] for two years. Two years ago, I was not the same player as I am right now,” Medvedev said. “It is tough for me to say where I see myself, but I know I can play very good on this surface. I just need to find the right balance.”

The World No. 2 has earned big wins on grass, most notably upsetting Stan Wawrinka at Wimbledon in 2017. But the grass-court season is the shortest of all surfaces, making it even more important for players to adapt quickly.

“In Halle, I had three days of practice, which was definitely not enough to feel good,” Medvedev said. “I lost my first round against a great player, so it [was] not easy, [and] that is why I decided to come to Mallorca to try and get some more matches.”

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According to the reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion, who recently made the Roland Garros quarter-finals, there are also other factors in adjusting to grass.

“When I started playing on grass, I played in Challengers and even in [ATP] Tour tournaments on the outside courts, not on the central courts, and I can tell that the central courts are quite slow,” Medvedev said. “Especially the match I played with Gilles Simon at Queen’s [Club], we had rallies of 40 shots every second point. That is what makes it a little bit tougher.

“When I practise on practice courts, I feel like I am playing so good as the ball is so fast. Then I come onto the centre court to play the match, and the ball just stops after the bounce, and you have to adapt your game, so it can be tough. But I know I can play really well on grass.”

Medvedev is the top seed this week, but there are plenty of tough opponents in Mallorca, including second seed Dominic Thiem. Medvedev will play Lloyd Harris or Corentin Moutet in the second round.

“It is a really strong field here,” Medvedev said. “Everyone said to Novak Djokovic, ‘Why are you going to Belgrade [the week before Roland Garros]?’ But he gained a lot of confidence there. I don’t think he played his best tennis there, but then he came and destroyed everyone at Roland Garros, so I think sometimes it can be good just to prepare ahead of a Grand Slam and win some matches.”

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Medvedev Leads The Way: The top seed in Mallorca is World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev, who is pursuing his first grass-court ATP Tour title on grass. The Russian star has enjoyed success on the surface before, defeating Stan Wawrinka in the first round at Wimbledon in 2017. Medvedev lost in the first round last week in Halle against Jan-Lennard Struff, and he will try to get back on track against South African Lloyd Harris or Frenchman Corentin Moutet in the second round in Spain.

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Medvedev Moves Past Moutet In Mallorca Opener

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Russian to next face fifth seed Ruud
World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev got his grass-court swing up and running after claiming a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Corentin Moutet on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals at the Mallorca Championships.

Medvedev arrived in Mallorca looking to ‘get some confidence’ on the natural surface after bowing out in the first round of the NOVENTI OPEN in Halle (l. to Struff) last week. The victory over Moutet improved his career record on grass to 19-13. The Russian has previously reached the semi-finals at Eastbourne in 2017 and at Queen’s Club in 2019.

“In the beginning I couldn’t hit two balls in the court and I was missing lots of serves when I had 40/0. On grass, that’s not the best thing to do in my first [service] game of the match,” Medvedev said in an on-court interview. “But I’m really happy that I managed to win the match because that’s what gives [me] confidence and [hopefully] in the next rounds I can play better.”

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Standing between Medvedev and a third grass-court semi-final will be fifth seed Casper Ruud, who advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Tennys Sandgren. Medvedev leads their ATP Head2Head 1-0 after scoring a victory over him during Russia’s ATP Cup tie against Norway in 2020.

“Casper is a great player, he jumped a lot this year [in the FedEx ATP Rankings],” Medvedev said. “Hopefully the grass can help me a little bit because it’s not his best surface. But I’m sure he is playing good here and I need to be at my best.”

How To Watch

The reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion was off to a slow start against Moutet on Mallorca’s centre court, dropping serve early and trailing 0-3 as he struggled to handle the Frenchman’s drop shots and low-bouncing forehands. But once he found his rhythm, Medvedev began firing winners off both wings as he reeled off the last five games of the opening set to take the lead.

Medvedev carried his momentum into the second set, where he didn’t face a break point in seven games as he chipped away at the Frenchman’s defences. The top seed won 80 per cent (33/41) of points behind his first serve to keep Moutet on the back foot.

After taking a double-break 5-2 lead, Medvedev ran into a late wobble as Moutet saved two match points and created three break opportunities. But Medvedev shut down the comeback with one of his six aces, and earned a long forehand return to seal the victory after an hour and 23 minutes.

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