The key facts
- Medvedev lost to Buse in two sets 4:6, 4:6 in 1 hour 40 minutes
- Buse, ranked 33rd in the world, advances past the second round at a tournament of this level for the first time
- Next, Buse will play the winner of the Khachanov — Borges match
Second-round defeat
Daniil Medvedev has ended his run at the Masters series tournament in Paris, losing in the second round to 22-year-old Peruvian Ignacio Buse with a score of 4:6, 4:6. The match took place on November 4 on hard court and lasted 1 hour 40 minutes, reports Gazeta.Ru. According to the outlet, Medvedev hit seven aces, made three double faults, and converted only one of six break points. Life.ru notesthat the Russian, ranked fifth in the ATP rankings, failed to win a single set against an opponent who sits 33rd in the world rankings and holds two ATP titles.
What is known about the opponent and what comes next
For Buse, this result marks a notable step forward: before this tournament, he had never advanced past the second round at a Grand Slam event, and now he has reached the third round of a Masters for the first time. His next opponent will be the winner of the match between Russian Karen Khachanov and Portuguese Nuno Borges. The Paris tournament concludes on November 8, with a prize fund of about 6.3 million euros.
Contrast with Almaty
The defeat in Paris contrasts with the result from ten days earlier: on October 25, Medvedev won the ATP tournament in Almaty for the second year in a row, defeating Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final. After losing the first set in a tiebreak 6:7 (6:8), he took the next two sets — 6:1, 6:3 — and the match lasted 1 hour 50 minutes. That victory allowed the Russian to defend an ATP title for the first time in his career.
Discrepancy in the data
The outlets differ in their count of Medvedev's career titles: Life.ru writes about 25 singles titles, while Gazeta.Ru mentions 23 ATP titles. Their key achievements, however, match: victory at the 2021 US Open, six Grand Slam finals, the ATP Finals and the 2020 Paris Masters, as well as 16 weeks at the top of the rankings in 2022. Gazeta.Ru additionally recalls that since 2022, Russian tennis players have competed under a neutral status and have been barred from the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup.
