Athletistic / Tennis. Russian Daniil Medvedev and Austrian Sebastian Ofner to meet in second round of men’s singles at Paris Olympics

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Olympic Games 2024. Tennis. Second circle. Ofner – Medvedev. Live

On the evening of Tuesday, July 30, the first Russian player in men’s singles, Daniil Medvedev, will play a match in the second round of the Olympic tournament in Paris. The opponent of our tennis player will be the little-known Austrian Sebastian Ofner, ranked 55th in the world ranking. Tennis players have never met on the ATP tour, but in 2018, Medvedev and Ofner met in the Davis Cup, representing their teams. Then Daniil left no chance to his counterpart – 6:1, 6:2.

What can we say about the Russian’s current opponent? At 28, Sebastian Ofner reached 37th place in the ranking as the best place in his career. The Austrian does not have a single ATP title to his name, although not so long ago he had a chance to become the winner of the Mallorca tournament. In the final, Ofner lost to Chilean Tabilo – 3:6, 4:6. Sebastian looked good earlier this year, when he managed to beat a number of top tennis players at several tournaments, such as German Jan-Lennard Struff, Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut and Canadian Denis Shapovalov. But this is rather an exception to the rule. Most often, Sebastian is limited to one or two rounds at tournaments. Note that in the first round Ofner defeated the even lesser-known Dutchman Robin Hase in two sets – 7:5, 6:2.

Of course, Daniil Medvedev is the clear favorite in the upcoming fight. The Russian has already played three matches at the Olympic tournament, which means that he has already had a chance to get used to the courts and warm up properly. In the first round, Medvedev confidently defeated Australian Rinki Hijikata (6:2, 6:1). Then Daniil played two matches in pairs – in the men’s with Roman Safiullin and in mixed doubles with Mirra Andreeva. And although the Russians suffered defeats in both matches, Medvedev can now fully concentrate on singles matches.

Olympic Games 2024. Tennis. Second circle. Ofner – Medvedev. Live

The live online broadcast of this match will start at SPORT.RU July 30 at the earliest at 21:35 Moscow time



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