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Patna : Second seed Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia, reached the 3rd round of French Open 2021 on June 3, 2021, defeating World No 52 Tommu Paul, 24, USA, in four-sets in 2nd round at Stade Rolland Garros, Paris, France. World No 2 Medvedev beat Paul 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 coming from behind.
Medvedev won 8 break points during the match to 4 by Paul. The Russian also won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by the American. Both the players fired 4 Aces each in the match. Both of them also committed 2 double faults each. Medvedev, in all, won 116 points during the match to 90 by the American.
World No 12 Pablo Carreno Busta, 29, Spain, beat World No 177 Enzo Couacaud, 26, France, a wild card, in a four-set contest 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in second round rallying back from one set down on June 2, 2021, late night. Enzo hammered 10 Aces iun the match to 3 by Busta. The Spaniard won 3 break points during the match though to 2 by the Frenchman. Busta won 5 games in arow to 3 by Enzo to reach the 3rd round.