Medvedev beats Samrej to advance to second round

But the young wildcard quickly began to tire physically, which gave Medvedev the opportunity to sprint with the fourth and fifth sets.

The Russian played four five-set matches in Melbourne last year, and he picked up where he left off this season with another grueling opening match in the Australian heat.

“I know I play better when I play more tennis. So I said to myself ‘why play an hour and a half’, maybe I needed to play three hours minimum to feel my shots better, to have good sensations,” said Medvedev, who arrives at the Open d Australia without playing warm-up tournaments. .

I’ll probably never play a preseason tournament now, unless they move it, being with my kids.

“It just gives me good energy.” Last year I probably would have lost this match but new year, new energy and I’m happy to win this match.

Medvedev, ranked No. 5, will next face American qualifier Learner Tien.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first round results (Melbourne Park, hard, $60,627,573, most recent results first):

• Andreï Rublev vs. João Fonseca
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Corentin Moutet
• Botic of the Zandschulp contre. Alex De Minaur
• Roberto Bautista Agut against. Denis Shapovalov
• Pablo Carreno Busta contre. Kamil Majchrzak
• Marcos Giron vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Flavio Cobolli: Tuesday
• Rinky Hijikata contre Mitchell Krueger : mardi
• Tristan Boyer vs. Federico Coria: Tuesday
• Lorenzo Sonego against Stan Wawrinka: Tuesday
• Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima: Tuesday
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Lorenzo Musetti: Tuesdays
• Francisco Comesana against Daniel Altmaier: Tuesday
• Facundo Diaz Acosta v. Zizou Bergs: Tuesday
• Hubert Hurkacz (18 ans) bat Tallon Greek Spoor : 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
• Gaël Monfils beats Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (30 years old): 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (31 years old) beat Alexander Bublik: 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-2
• Cristian Garin (Q) beats Borna Coric: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
• Apprentice Tien beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (4) a battu Jenson Brooksby : 6-2, 6-0, 6-3
• Holger Rune (13 ans) a battu Zhizhen Zhang : 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (19 years old) beat Adrian Mannarino: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-3
• Gabriel Diallo bat Luca Nardi : 6-7 (1), 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
• Matteo Berrettini beat Cameron Norrie: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic and bat Dusan Lajovic : 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-5
• Francesco Passaro (LL) beat Grigor Dimitrov (10): 7-5, 2-1 ret.
• Benjamin Bonzi beat David Goffin : 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Jacob Fearnley beat Nick Kyrgios : 7-6 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Novak Djokovic (7) beat Nishesh Basavareddy (WC) : 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) bat Alexander Shevchenko : 6-1, 7-5, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Juncheng Shang : 7-6 (1), 5-2 ret.
• Félix Auger-Aliassime (29 years) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
• Jaime Faria (Q) bat Pavel Kotov : 6-1, 6-1, 7-5
• Sebastian Korda (22) defeated Lukas Klein (Q) : 6-3, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Yoshihito Nishioka bat Aziz Dougaz (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Arthur Cazaux beats Sebastian Baez (28): 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis bat Roman Safiullin: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Jack Draper (15 years old) beat Mariano Navone: 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Damir Dzumhur : 6-7 (3), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Tristan Schoolkate (WC) bat Taro Daniel : 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-4
• Jordan Thompson (27) beat Dominik Koepfer (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-1
• James McCabe (WC) at Martin Landaluce (Q) : 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
• James Duckworth a battu Dominic Stricker : 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• Fabian Marozsan bat Thiago Seyboth Wild : 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
• Nuno Borges bat Alexandre Muller : 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Alejandro Tabilo (23 years): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Jakub Mensik a van Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q) : 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (17 years old) beat Arthur Rinderknech : 7-6 (2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Alex Michelsen beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (11) : 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (2) beats Lucas Pouille (WC) : 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Quentin Halys beat Adam Walton: 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Reilly Opelka def Gauthier Onclin (Q) : 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2
• Ugo Humbert (14 ans) bat Matteo Gigante (Q) : 7-6 (5), 7-5, 6-4
• The goalkeeper Pedro Martinez beat Luciano Darderi: 6-3, 4-1 ret.
• Tomas Machac (26) bat Sumit Nagal : 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
• Jiri Lehecka (24 ans) bat Li Tu (CM) : 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Hady Habib (Q) bat Yunchaokete Bu : 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Casper Ruud (6) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
• Kei Nishikori over Thiago Monteiro (Q): 4-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
• Arthur Fils (20 years old) beats Otto Virtanen: 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4
• Hugo Gaston bat Omar Jasika (CM) : 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2