No. 2 Daniil Medvedev banned from French Open by qualifying

Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, the 172nd-ranked player in the world, pulled off a stunning upset of world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in the first round of the French Open on Tuesday in Paris.

Seyboth Wild rallied from a set down to oust Medvedev in four hours and 15 minutes -- 7-5 (5), 6-8 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

"It was pretty tough. I started cramping in the second set. I tried my best and tried to play my best tennis and it worked," said Seyboth Wild. "I'm really happy with the way I played."

Medvedev blasted 14 aces but suffered 15 double faults among 48 unforced errors. He had 45 winners to 69 for Seyboth Wild, who had 77 unforced errors of their own.

"When I went on the court I just wanted to get to the net as much as possible and use my forehand against his and it worked out pretty well," Seyboth Wild said.

Seyboth Wild played in only the second Grand Slam main draw of his career.

"I've always dreamed of playing on this court, playing this type of player," Seyboth Wild said in his on-court interview. "I mean, in my wildest dreams of even beating them. So it's a dream come true."

In the second round, Seyboth Wild will face Guido Pella of Argentina, who defeated Quentin Halys of France 6-4, 6-7 (7), 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4).

Another match lasted even longer than the Seyboth Wild-Medvedev affair, with another qualifier progressing. Italian Andrea Vavassori took down No. 31 Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9) in five hours and 10 minutes.

No. 27 Yoshihito Nishioka also rallied from two sets down to claim a 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 victory over JJ Wolf.

Fourth-seeded Casper Ruud from Norway breezed past Swedish qualifier Elias Ymer 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Sixth-seeded Holger Rune of Denmark got past American Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2, and ninth-seeded Taylor Fritz cruised past American Michael Mmoh 6-2, 6-1 , 6-1.

Another American, No. 16 Tommy Paul, dispatched Switzerland's Dominic Stricker 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

No. 22 Alexander Zverev of Germany won in straight sets but needed two hours and 43 minutes to get past South African Lloyd Harris 7-6 (6), 7-6 (0), 6-1. 23rd seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina beat Spain's Jaume Munar 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1 and 28th seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria swept Kazakhstan's Timofey Skatov 6-0, 6 -3 6-2.

Other winners on Tuesday were Genaro Alberto Olivieri from Argentina, Alex Molcan from Slovakia, Max Purcell from Australia, Nicolas Jarry from Chile, Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri, Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori, Germany's Yannick Hanfmann and France's Arthur Rinderknech and Gael Monfils.

--Field Level Media


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