Russian tennis star achieves his first victory on clay courts in two years

Russian Daniel Medvedev, ranked third in the world and returning to the third round of the Madrid Tennis Tournament, reached the third Masters Tournament for a thousand points, after he was compensated for being late today by Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fukina to a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory.

This is the first victory for the Russian on clay courts in two years, and precisely since April 2019 in the final of the Barcelona tournament, when he lost to Dominic Thiem.

Medvedev is considered one of the dislikes of clay stadiums as he left the first round in the French Roland Garros Championship in his four appearances, and that day was not hidden, as he appeared angry at the break after losing the first set, when he threw his racket to the ground and said, "I do not want to play on this floor." .

In a funny irony, after winning the match, the player, who was exempted from the first round, wrote "I love dirt" on the camera.

This is his first victory in Madrid in his third participation, while he did not achieve any victory in two matches in Rome.

Medvedev returned to competitions after being infected with the Corona virus in mid-April, which forced him to miss the Monte Carlo Masters tournament, since he has missed since his loss against Spaniard Roberto Bautista Augut in the quarter-finals of the Miami Masters on March 31.

This was the first meeting that Medvedev had with world number 49 Davidovich Fukina.

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