Ricardas Berankis produced a big upset, defeating eighth seed Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-3 after 87 minutes. The 28-year-old qualifier, who lifted his 11th ATP Challenger Tour title last month in Rennes (d. Hoang), won 65 per cent of second-serve return points (20/31) and saved three of four break points to reach the second round.
"I was feeling good today. really happy with my game today," said Berankis. "I was able to [execute] the whole plan, what I was planning to do before the match... The plan was to stay as close as possible and not to get in his game, which is to get into those long rallies which he loves."
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