World number two Daniil Medvedev’s Wimbledon preparations suffered a blow on Tuesday when he had been bundled from Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(3) 6-3 in the opening round of the ATP 500 championship in Halle.
In his very first match of this grasscrout year, best seed Medvedev created a bright beginning to start a commanding 5-2 lead at the opening set until Struff roared into the competition.
World amount 45 Struff stored a set point to draw amount and force a tiebreak in which he caught an early guide to take the opening set.
The game was one time traffic at the second group as Struff struck his Russian rival two to procure the greatest success of his profession.
Struff has won 10 of the last 15 games, which contains an impressive streak into your maiden ATP Tour final at Munich accompanied with his first Grand Slam last-16 look at the French Open final week.
Medvedev, who endured a quarter-final exit at the French Open, may expect that he rediscovers his touch to grass until he counsels his own pursuit of a Grand Slam title at Wimbledon beginning June 28.
He’s never progressed past the third round in the grasscourt major because his main draw debut in 2017.