Medvedev lost to the 81st racket of the world in the first round of the French Open

Russian Daniil Medvedev lost to British tennis player Cameron Norrie in the first round of the French Open Tennis Championship. The match took place on May 27 in Paris.

It is specified that the game lasted 3 hours 53 minutes. The match ended with a score 7:5, 6:3, 4:6, 1:6, 7:5 in favor of a tennis player from Great Britain. The Briton is ranked 81st in the world, and the Russian tennis player was seeded 11th.

As reported by Gazeta.Ru", during the match, the Russian made 16 aces, made three double faults and won 61% of the balls from the first serve. His opponent played one straight serve, made two double faults and won 65% of the balls from the first serve. Prior to this match, the tennis players had met four times, with Medvedev winning all the games.

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