Roland Garros—Paris, France
Unheralded Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild caused the biggest upset of 2023 French Open on Tuesday, defeating world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev 7-6(5), 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in four hours and 15 minutes.
Seyboth Wild, who is currently ranked No. 172 in the world, entered Roland Garros with a 9-15 career record.
By contrast, Medvedev entered the tournament by winning his first-ever Masters 1000 event in clay and was in great form.
Other action at the French Open featured last year’s finalists Casper Ruud and Coco Gauff both advancing to the second round.
Ruud needed three clear-cut sets to advance past Elias Ymer 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 and Gauff had to overcome the loss of the first set to defeat Rebeka Masarova 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Ruud will next face Giulio Zeppieri and Gauff will take on Austrian Julia Grabher.
Elsewhere, No. 16 seed Tommy Paul, No. 22 seed Alexander Zverev and No. 27 seed Yoshihito Nishioka all advanced to the second round. No. 31 seed wasn’t as lucky, losing a five-set thriller to Andrea Vavassori 5-7, 2-6, 7-6(8), 7-6(3), 7-6(9) in five hours and 10 minutes.
Sixteen-year-old Mirra Andreeva continued her stellar rise up the rankings by dispatching Alison Riske-Amritraj 6-2, 6-1.
Top seed Iga Swiatek breezed into the second, as to did No. 4 seed Elena Rybakina and No. 6 seed Holger Rune.
Wednesday’s action in Paris will feature Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic.
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First-round results:
Thiago Seyboth Wild Defeats (2) Daniil Medvedev 76(5) 67(6) 26 63 64
(4) Casper Ruud Defeats Elias Ymer 64 63 62
(16) Tommy Paul Defeats Dominic Stricker 63 62 64
(22) Alexander Zverev Defeats Lloyd Harris 76(6) 76(0) 61
(27) Yoshihito Nishioka Defeats J.J. Wolf 16 36 64 63 63
Andrea Vavassori Defeats (31) Miomir Kecmanovic 57 26 76(8) 76(3) 76(9)
Nicolas Jarry Defeats Hugo Dellien 64 64 62
Alex Molcan Defeats Hugo Gaston 61 76(4) 64
Genaro Alberto Olivieri Defeats Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 76(3) 46 46 75 61
Max Purcell Defeats Jordan Thompson 75 16 64 64
Giulio Zeppieri Defeats Alexander Bublik 60 46 46 63
