When Egor Gerasimov scored his first game, his opponent Daniil Medvedev, seeded No. 1, was already four games up. The man who will be ranked number 2 in the world next Monday, whatever happens this week, was clearly not there to make up the numbers. In his first match of the tournament, he didn't come to the court to waste energy either, which explains his desire to get the match over with. After 27 minutes, the Russian was leading 6-2.
At the beginning of the second set, Gerasimov, ranked 76th in the world, showed that he had no intention of taking a beating. His intention was short-lived as the Belarusian was broken at 1-1. That said, there was not much to be done considering the strains sent by the Russian. With his break lead (5-3), Medvedev went into the 9th game with a lot of confidence. On the other hand, Egor Gerasimov is under maximum pressure: either he holds his serve or he loses. But the Minsk native managed to hold his serve, forcing his opponent to serve for the match. But the Minsk native managed to hold his serve, forcing his opponent to serve for the match, and Daniil Medvedev won easily 6-2 6-4 in 1 hour and 11 minutes. The Russian is now in the quarter-finals of the tournament for the third time in his career after 2017 and 2020.
To try to reach the semi-finals, which he never managed to do in Marseille, he will face the promising Italian Jannik Sinner in a match that already promises to be exceptional.
