PARIS. – Second seed Daniil Medvedev cruised past Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 in less than two hours on Saturday to advance to the French Open fourth round.
The US Open champion, who reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros last year after four consecutive first-round exits, played near-flawless service games throughout to give his opponent, ranked 31st in the world, no real chance.
“It was magnificent today; I did not have my serve broken,” Medvedev, runner-up at the Australian Open this season, said in an on-court interview. “On this surface it is quite unusual. Hopefully there are more such matches for me next week.
“Like in my French, I try to do better in my tennis all the time. The better I learn French, the better my tennis will become.”
Medvedev found little resistance on his least favorite surface from the Serbian 28th seed and broke him twice in the opening set before another early break made sure of a 2-0 set lead for the Russian.
Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas thrashed Sweden’s Mikael Ymer 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in a lopsided contest to enter the fourth round.
Tsitsipas, who made the final at the clay court Grand Slam last year, came into the Roland Garros clash with a 3-0 head-to-head lead over fellow 23-year-old Ymer.
There were no signs that things would be any different this time with Tsitsipas dominating proceedings from the onset on a sun-bathed Court Suzanne Lenglen.
He put on a clinical service display on the red clay, facing just a single break point on his delivery and losing only 10 points on his serve.
