Daniil Medvedev, who says he hates clay, and Alexander Zverev, who has not played there since his injury in the semi-finals at Roland-Garros last year, have made an appointment to fight. The Russian, 5th in the world and very verve on hard where he won four titles this year including the Masters 1000 of Miami, managed his transition on clay by dominating Wednesday the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (45th) 6-3, 6-2.
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka and Austria's Dominic Thiem are looking for their past luster after months of absence due to injuries.