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Norrie, 28, conceded two early breaks in the opening set against Medvedev and left himself with too much to do.<\/p>\n
He was blown away by Medvedev’s serve in the second set, with the Russian winning eight of nine first-serve points. <\/p>\n
The world number three was happy to progress, but expressed concerns about the balls being used after the win. <\/p>\n
“It’s a bit strange,” said Medvedev. “The court is pretty fast but the balls get old very fast.<\/p>\n
“So at one moment in the rally, you feel like there isn’t much you can do, so you can’t go for the winner because the risk reward isn’t there. <\/p>\n
“It’s the same for the opponent, so we just hit, hit.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner <\/b>lost the first set to the Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor before the Italian recovered after a rain break to win 5-7 7-5 6-1.<\/p>\n
Norway’s seventh seed Casper Ruud<\/b> progressed with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. <\/p>\n
However, Denmark’s Holger Rune suffered a 6-1 6-1 defeat by Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan <\/b>in 59 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n