Italian Open: Daniil Medvedev relieved to finally get first Rome win, Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas also advance

Three of the top seven seeds at the Italian Open earned wins on a busy Sunday in Rome as Daniil Medvedev, Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced. Third seed Medvedev successfully navigated a potential banana skin of a tie against Emil Ruusuvuori that faced a rain delay after Saturday’s inclement weather forced several matches to be pushed forward. Ad Medvedev won 6-4 6-2 to end a surprisingly poor historic record in Rome; it was his first victory at the ATP Masters 1000 event in four appearances.

ATP RomeWith 0-3 Rome record, Medvedev hopes sliding improvement will bring first win10/05/2023 AT 12:30 “It is a little bit [of a relief],” said Medvedev. “We can talk about all of the matches I lost here, they were different. The first one, I feel like I should have won, but it is [what it is].

“Whenever I come to a tournament, I know that I can play well, so I’m happy to finally get the win here in Rome.” Swiatek blasts past Tsurenko with another bagel set to continue Italian Open title defence 'It's great to be world No. 1' — Alcaraz celebrates achievement ahead of French Open Ruusuvuori promised to provide a tricky challenge for the Russian after giving Carlos Alcaraz a scare at the Madrid Open, where he won the opening set against the US Open champion before succumbing in three. However, he was blown away by Medvedev, who broke the Finn’s serve five times on the iconic Pietrangeli Court in a win that took 88 minutes.