Without competing since June, Daniil Medvedev returned to the circuit and did so with victory in his debut at the ATP 250 in Los Cabos, Mexico. The Russian, current number one in the world and champion of the US Open 2021, did not have a great performance but He successfully solved the first step against the Australian Rinky Hijikata (224th) and thus celebrated his 250th victory at a professional level.
After one hour and 31 minutes, the Russian got the ticket for the quarterfinals after a final result of 6-4 and 6-3. Far from his best tennis, something to imagine due to the lack of competition, the Russian began to perfect the machine with the running of the games and brought out a tough commitment, against a tennis player without much filming at the ATP level but who stood as equals and demanded it to the fullest.
It should be clarified that the Russian could not compete in Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam of the season, due to the banning of Russian and Belarusian tennis players from the English tournament as part of the war dispute between Russia and Ukraine. A) Yes, Medvedev’s last meeting dated June 26 at the ATP 250 in MallorcaSpain: on that occasion, he fell in the quarterfinals at the hands of Roberto Bautista Agut and from there he did not compete again.
The Muscovite is already among the top eight in the first tournament of the North American tour which, after the Masters 1000 in Montreal and Cincinnati, leads to the US Open, where he defends last year’s title (he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final).
His next obstacle will be the Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis (98th)who got rid of the Argentine Facundo Bagnis (113th) with partials of 7-6 (4) and 6-3.
