Daniil Medvedev fell at the first hurdle at the 2025 French Open as he lost a five-set thriller to Cameron Norrie \u2013\u00a0and the result could benefit Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n
Norrie, a former world No 8 currently ranked 81st, stunned Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-5 on Court Simonne-Mathieu on Day Three at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n
No 11 seed Medvedev was on the brink of completing a sensational comeback when he led 5-3 in the fifth set, but he failed to serve the match out at 5-4 as Norrie won the final four games to seal a sizeable upset.<\/p>\n
Asked what was in his mind during the match point, Norrie\u00a0said: \u201cNot a lot, to be honest (smiles). Yeah, it was an incredible atmosphere and thank you to everyone for supporting me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really felt like I had momentum there, it was kind of similar to the first set and I just felt a lot of energy there and managed to get over the line. I think he was a little bit tentative, but honestly it was a crazy match.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s so tough to beat, I think I deserve a diploma for beating Medvedev, he\u2019s got me the last four or five times. So yeah, unreal match.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe raised his level and I dropped my intensity [in the third and fourth sets] and I was not able to hang with him, but I was able to find some energy in that fifth set.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd yeah I was just moving really well and yeah, I don\u2019t really remember much of the fifth and being 5-4 down and suddenly winning the match, it was crazy.<\/p>\n
Tim Henman makes bold Novak Djokovic Grand Slam prediction as he aims to silence his doubters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Novak Djokovic gives retirement update after emotional Rafael Nadal goodbye<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cNice to get through the first round and beating Daniil and I just really enjoyed the match start to finish, it was incredible tennis from both. An amazing win for me, so much fun.\u201d<\/p>\n The 29-year-old Brit\u2019s triumph has earned him a great opportunity to progress further as he will face 144th-ranked lucky loser Federico Agustin Gomez in the second round.<\/p>\n Medvedev is the latest high-profile star to exit the men\u2019s singles draw in the opening round after fourth seed Taylor Fritz and 18th seed Francisco Cerundolo crashed out on Monday.<\/p>\n Cerundolo, a dangerous clay-courter, was a potential fourth round opponent for third seed Alexander Zverev, while he could have met No 6 seed Djokovic<\/a>\u00a0if he reached the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n Medvedev was projected to play Djokovic in the last 16, and his loss has only improved what was already seen as a great draw for the 24-time Grand Slam winner.<\/p>\n While Medvedev has been far from his best this season, his pedigree as a former world No 1 who holds five wins over Djokovic \u2014 including in a Grand Slam final \u2014 made him the biggest threat the Serb could have faced before the last eight.<\/p>\n With the 29-year-old Russian\u2019s exit, the only seeded player Djokovic could now meet in the fourth round is 22nd seed Ugo Humbert \u2014 who is at his least comfortable on clay by a significant margin.<\/p>\n Norrie and another unseeded British player \u2014 Jacob Fearnley \u2014 are other potential last 16 opponents for Djokovic.<\/p>\n Djokovic is facing Mackenzie McDonald in his opening round match, while he would likely play Corentin Moutet in the second round and Denis Shapovalov in the third round.<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0How Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic could benefit from major French Open upset<\/a> The post How Novak Djokovic\u2019s French Open draw opened up further with another sizeable upset<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daniil Medvedev fell at the first hurdle at the 2025 French Open as he lost a five-set thriller to Cameron Norrie \u2013\u00a0and the result could benefit Novak Djokovic. Norrie, a former world No 8 currently ranked 81st, stunned Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-5 on Court Simonne-Mathieu on Day Three at Roland Garros. No 11 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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