The Russian Daniil Medvedevworld No. 4, lost to No. 5 Taylor Fritz (USA) 6-4, 6-3 on the opening day of the ATP Masters Series in Turin on Sunday. Medvedev, winner of the “Masters Tournament” in 2020 and finalist in the 2021 edition, gave up at the end of the first set, conceding the first set on a string of three double-faults.

The Russian, who had been eliminated on his debut at the Paris Masters 1000, surrendered his serve in the sixth game of the second set to fall behind 4-2. He then lost his footing, as he has sometimes done this season, mentally, received a penalty point for a moody gesture and was whistled at by the Turin crowd for his behavior in the seventh game.

At 40-0 to his opponent, he pretended to receive Fritz’s serve by holding his racket by the sieve. This is Fritz’s second appearance at the Masters. He reached the last four on his first appearance in 2022.

“My serve was the key, he’s someone who returns very well, I offered myself on my serve games without too much pressure, which allowed me to concentrate on his service games.”he explained. The other match in this group “Ilie Nastase In the evening, world No.1 and top seed Jannik Sinner will face Australian Alex De Minaur.