Wimbledon 2023: Seeds Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune progress to third round in straight sets

Third seed Daniil Medvedev made it safely through to the third round of Wimbledon on Friday after winning his disrupted match, while Holger Rune and Matteo Berrettini also progressed. Bad weather caused chaos and postponements in the opening few days at SW19 and Medvedev’s clash with Adrien Mannarino was then delayed because of darkness falling on Thursday night. Ad The world No.

3 made up for lost time, however, by cruising past the Frenchman in straight sets on Friday morning, winning 6-3 6-3 7-6(5). WimbledonMedvedev 'really touched' by Wimbledon reception, wants to 'give back'YESTERDAY AT 17:56 Medvedev already had a comfortable two-set lead to lean on when play restarted, but Mannarino forced a tie-break as he looked to find a way back. But Medvedev, the 2021 US Open champion, claimed an early mini-break and didn’t look back from there as he saw out victory to set up a clash with Marton Fucsovics next.

No. 6 seed Rune also notched a straight-sets victory in the second round, beating Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain 6-3 7-6(3) 6-4. The 20-year-old Dane, making only his second main-draw appearance at Wimbledon, produced eight aces and 45 winners to overpower his opponent.

He needed to fight back from a break down in the first and third sets, showing determination to wrestle back the momentum. Up next for Rune is a clash with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Botic van de Zancschulp. «It wasn't easy today; he made it very difficult,» said Rune.