French Open: US Open champion Daniil Medvedev allays injury fears to make progress in Paris | Tennis News

Daniil Medvedev makes a winning start to his French Open campaign; Casper Ruud up against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in what could be the Frenchman’s last match of his career while Stefanos Tsitsipas takes on Lorenzo Musetti on Court Philippe Chatrier in the night session

Russia’s Daniil Medvedev recently returned to the tour after hernia surgery and opened his Roland Garros campaign with a win

Daniil Medvedev allayed fears over his fitness as he enjoyed a comfortable passage into the second round of the French Open.

The Russian who missed time during the clay swing after undergoing a small procedure to treat a hernia problem, returned to Grand Slam action with a win.

Medvedev beat the clearly-unfit Facundo Bagnis of Argentina, whose calf was heavily strapped and his movement restricted, 6-2 6-2 6-2.

Medvedev, who lost his opening-round match at the Geneva Open last week to French veteran Richard Gasquet on his return, was a quarter-finalist at Roland Garros last year after four straight first-round defeats.

Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas takes to the court against Italian youngster Lorenzo Musetti in the night session on Court Philippe Chatrier.

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