He had already accomplished a feat; It was quite hard to bring home two. Andrea Vavassori returns to Italy with his head held high, fighting but in the end he has to yield to Daniil Medvedev, n.3 in the ranking and second favorite of the seeding. The Russian eliminated the Italian in the second round of the "Mutua Madrid Open", the fourth Masters 1000 of the season (prize money of 7,705,780 euros), which is being played on the clay of the "Caja Magica" of the Spanish capital.

The 27-year-old from Turin, promoted from qualifying, who had got the better of Andy Murray in the first round, was overtaken by Medvedev in two sets with the score of 6-4, 6-3. Now the 27-year-old Muscovite will face compatriot Shevchenko in the third round (6-1, 6-1 over Czech Lehecka).

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