Seyboth Wild surprised and devoured Russian Medvedev at Roland Garros

Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, playing his second match in five sets at the age of 23, was quick to eat up Russian Daniil Medvedev, the world number 2 and recent winner in Rome in his first tournament on clay, who was visibly tense at the end and allowed to increase for 7-6(5), 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3 and 6-4 at quarter to 4.

Medvedev, former world number 1 and winner of the A Grand Slam In the United States, he returned to his old ways in a tournament where he needed five editions to win the first match, and after the quarterfinals in 2021 and the eighth last year, he was again eliminated in the first round.

This time he did it before an almost unknown on the track, the 23-year-old, 172nd in the rankings, who entered the final draw through the qualification stage, a player who promised very high at the age of 19, but his wings were clipped by injuries.

Medvedev was hoping to be favored at Roland Garros after his recent triumph in Rome, but Seyboth Wild grounded him.

The author of the biggest feat of the tournament so far He flirted with breaking into the top 100 when he won the tournament in Santiago de Chile in 2019, but physical problems dropped him to more than 400..

In 2020, he played his first match at the US Open at Grand Slambut has since disappeared from the top of the charts.

At the end of last year, he recovered by playing well in second division tournaments, a streak that he managed to maintain this season as well, in which he finally managed to overcome the previous Grand Slam.

His improvement was patented against a Medvedev, who continues to have a nightmare at Roland Garros, while public animosity, that he feeds

He dropped the first set in a tiebreaker game and should have let the second get away, in which the Brazilian had two balls to score.

He appeared to be on track when he scored third, but Seyboth Wild recovered as the tension grew in the Russian field, which petered out as the young Brazilian wrapped up his dream points.

The central court in Paris vibrated with his game and sank a little more to Medvedev, who fell with a bang from the second step of the list of favorites.

Seyboth Wild will face the winner of the duel between the Frenchman Quentin Halys and the Argentinian Guido Pella for a place in the third round.