The meeting lasted 1 hour 59 minutes and ended with a score of 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 1 in favor of Medvedev.
In the second round, the Russian will play with the German Dominik Kepfer, who defeated Kenten Alice from France.
Earlier it was reported that Russian tennis player Yevgeny Donskoy was defeated by Felix Auger-Alyassim of Canada in the first round match of the Grand Slam tournament - the US Open.