The world number one Novak Djokovic will enter the French Open on Tuesday with his opening game against Sweden’s Mikael Ymer. On the way to his second Paris triumph and his 18th Grand Slam victory, the 33-year-old seems to have almost free travel towards the final. Responsible for this is the thinned out upper tableau in which Djokovic is located.
29.09.2020 12.14
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After the early defeat of the Pole Hubert Hurkacz against the US-American Tennys Sandgren, Djokovic could meet a seeded player in the round of 16 at the earliest. In addition, the top seeded Serb has another well-known opponent less: The number four seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev had to admit defeat to the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6: 4 7: 6 (7/3) 2: 6 6: 1 in the first round .
While the twelve-time Parisian triumphant Rafael Nadal (ESP), US Open winner Dominic Thiem (AUT) and US Open finalist Alexander Zverev (GER) romp in the other half of the table, Djokovic could only play in the quarter-finals with Roberto Bautista Agut ( ESP / 10) or Matteo Berrettini (ITA / 7) meet the first top ten player. Possible opponents in the semifinals are Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE / 5), Denis Shapovalov (CAN / 9) or Andrej Rublew (RUS / 13).
Daniil Medvedev and the French Open still do not fit together
Medvedev out for the fourth time in round one
At this late stage of the tournament, Medvedev will once again be absent from Paris. The 24-year-old Russian lost his fourth appearance at Roland Garros for the fourth time in the first round. In the years before that, Benjamin Bonzi, Lucas Pouille and Pierre-Hugues Herbert had been the last stop against a French.
Medvedev lost the second set with a penalty point after he had responded to the loss of a long rally with the abuse of his racket. Although he recovered and won round three, as the temperature fell, the level of Medvedev’s game fell again. For Fucsovics it was the first victory in the fourth duel with Medvedev and the first of the world number 63. against a top ten player.
