First earthquake at Roland-Garros. Daniil Medvedev, world number 2, takes the door in the first round of the Parisian Grand Slam, defeated on Tuesday by the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth-Wild, 172nd in the ATP ranking. A defeat in five sets (7-6, 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4) more than surprising on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
The Parisian clay has never succeeded to the 27-year-old Russian, more comfortable on hard, winner at the US Open (2021) and double finalist of the Australian Open (2021, 2022). He has reached the quarterfinals only once at Roland-Garros (2021) and another time the 8th finals (2022). His other four spells had already ended at the first all (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020).
Medvedev arrived in Paris with the status of winner of the Rome Masters 1000, his biggest career title on clay. "I may have more expectations than usual at Roland Garros but I know it can be a trap. You have to be able to use this confidence but without being too proud of yourself because you say "it's going to be easy" and from the first round you have a problem, you get angry and you miss a game, "he said as if in anticipation last Friday.
In the next round, surprise 23-year-old Thiago Seyboth-Wild, who was playing only his second Grand Slam match after an appearance at the US Open in 2020, will face either France's Quentin Halys or Argentina's Guido Pella. The defeat of Daniil Medvedev opens the door in this second part of the draw to players like Jack Sinner (8th in the world) or Casper Ruud (4th in the world).
