Tennis player Medvedev automatically advanced to the third round of the Rome tournament.

Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev has reached the third round of the Masters tournament in Rome, with a prize pool exceeding €8.2 million. He was scheduled to face Czech Tomas Machac in the second round.

An hour before the start of the meeting, the tournament's press service posted on the social network X (ex. Twitter) reported that the Czech tennis player withdrew from the competition due to illness. Thus, Medvedev automatically advanced to the next stage without playing.

In the third round, the Russian will face the winner of the pair Corentin Moutet (France, number 28 seed) — Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Spain). The second round match between them will take place later.

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