Danil Medvedev has missed most of the current clay season due to hernia surgery, but that has not stopped him from continuing to progress at Roland Garros despite his unimpressive ability.
The world number two completed tonight (Thursday) a second victory in three sets when he defeated the Serbian Laszlo Djerra 3: 6, 4: 6, 3: 6 and advanced to the third round where he will meet another Serb, Miomir Kachmanovic.
"To be honest Laszlo played better tennis today" admitted Medvedev;
"But I fought and managed to get balls back on the field."
Those who still advanced to the third round are the Norwegian Caspar Rod who did it for the fourth time in a row and advanced to the third round, and the 19-year-old Holger Rona who made his Paris debut continues to look great.
In women, the senior ranks continue to fall at a dizzying pace.
The victim this time was Carolina Pliskova, today ranked 8th and formerly first in the world.
The 30-year-old Czech surrendered to Laoja Zhanjan, who is ranked 227 and received a free ticket to the first tournament of her career.
The anonymous Frenchwoman won 2: 6, 2: 6 in an impressive display and now only four tennis players from the top ten remain in the competition.
Of course, the first-ranked Iga Schweintek is one of them after a 0: 6, 2: 6 victory over Alison Risk.
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