{"id":9563,"date":"2023-05-22T09:14:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T09:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/italian-open-daniil-medvedev-beats-holger-rune-to-win-first-atp-clay-court-title\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T09:14:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T09:14:29","slug":"italian-open-daniil-medvedev-beats-holger-rune-to-win-first-atp-clay-court-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/italian-open-daniil-medvedev-beats-holger-rune-to-win-first-atp-clay-court-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Open: Daniil Medvedev beats Holger Rune to win first ATP clay-court title"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Daniil Medvedev had not won a match in Rome before this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Daniil Medvedev claimed the first clay-court title of his career as he beat Holger Rune in the Italian Open final.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Russian third seed, who said he used to “hate” playing on clay, won 7-5 7-5 in Rome on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It is Medvedev’s fifth title of 2023 and victory lifts him above Novak Djokovic to second in the world rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n

He will also be the second seed at the French Open, which starts at Roland Garros on 28 May.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Honestly, I didn’t believe I could win a Masters 1,000 on clay in my career,” Medvedev, 27, said in his on-court interview.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Usually I hated it, I hated playing on it, I didn’t feel good on it. Nothing was working.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I don’t think I love it. I love hard court – my only love in tennis – but I definitely like clay courts much more now.”<\/span><\/p>\n

After the start of the final was delayed by nearly two hours, both players held serve through a tight first 11 games, but Medvedev took advantage of a poor drop shot from the Dane to claim the first set 7-5.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 20-year-old bounced back strongly at the start of the second, breaking Medvedev’s opening serve and holding to take a 2-0 lead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Medvedev, who had not won a match in three previous appearances in Rome, levelled the scores before Rune broke again for a 4-3 advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the world number seven broke back for a second time and held his nerve, saving a break point to hold serve before breaking Rune to wrap up the victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere on Sunday, Britain’s Jack Draper beat France’s Alexandre Muller 6-2 6-3 in the opening round of the ATP 250’s Lyon Open.<\/span><\/p>\n

Draper will face either Oriol Roca Batalla of Spain or Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic in the last 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

British number one Cameron Norrie, who has received a bye in the first round, will also be in action on Tuesday when he takes on Belgium’s David Goffin or Spain’s Alvaro Lopez San Martin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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