One year on from a spectacular first-round meltdown, former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev made his way serenely into the second round at Flushing Meadows on Sunday. During that match the mercurial Medvedev was heard to wonder whether he should drop tennis and take up pickleball — a possibility he was asked about in his on-court interview. The seventh-seeded Russian needed two hours and 14 minutes to ease past French qualifier Hugo Gaston 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 and pronounced himself pleased with his progress since a first-round loss to Martin Damm in Winston-Salem last week.
“I’m happy that today I managed to produce a high level of tennis. “I felt like I did everything I wanted to do well. I finished the match strong. I started the match strong. I’m really glad the way I played.”
“Last couple of weeks were not easy, but you know how it is — sometimes you lose matches, sometimes you win,” he said.
