French Open: Mats Wilander fancies Casper Ruud and Holger Rune after Daniil Medvedev exit 'opens up' draw

Mats Wilander believes Casper Ruud and Holger Rune could benefit from the French Open draw opening up following Daniil Medvedev’s shock exit, but he warned: “Literally anyone could go through”. Second seed Medvedev was one of the favourites to take the men’s singles title at Roland-Garros this year but suffered a stunning first-round defeat to world No. 172 Thiago Seyboth Wild on Tuesday.

Ad The Italian Open champion’s elimination has opened the door to other contenders in the bottom half of the draw, according to Eurosport pundit Wilander, with heavyweights Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic both in the other section. Roland-Garros'Anything can happen' – Rune says French Open is wide open3 HOURS AGO “It opens it up for Holger Rune and Casper Ruud,” Wilander said, as part of Eurosport’s exclusive French Open coverage. “I’m obviously excited being Scandinavian, it’s important for our region to have these guys get to the later rounds.

With Daniil Medvedev out, there’s a lot of players that can get to the semi-finals and finals on that side. “On the other side, with Alcaraz and Novak, you’d assume they’d get to the semis. “But it goes to show, when Medvedev goes out against a guy who’s never played here before, just because he’s played 46 matches this year, winning 36 on the Challenger Tour, that means the depth in the men’s game is unbelievable.