Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev successfully started on Australian Open

The main hope of Russia at the Australian Open in the Melbourne, the fourth racket of the world Daniil Medvedev - on Tuesday successfully overcame the barrier of the first circle of the prestigious large helmet tournament.

Russian with a score of 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2 beat the American Francis Tiafo, spending 2 hours 36 minutes on the court. The defeated rival took 50th place in the ranking of the Association of Professional tennis players (ATP).

In the next round, Daniil will meet with the winner of the meeting between the German Dominic Kepfer (89) and the Spaniard Pedro Martinez (168), which made his way into the main grid of the tournament through qualifications.

The best result of Medvedev in the tournaments of a large helmet series is to enter the 2019 opening championship finals. In Melbourne, last year he reached the fourth circle.

The struggle in the male single discharge Australian Open is continued by Russian Andrei Rublev, who has the 17th sowing number. On Tuesday in the starting round, he beat the local tennis player Christopher O'Connella with a score of 6: 3, 0: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 5). In the second round, he will play with the Japanese Yuti Sugita.

Earlier, Russian Karen Khachanov (16) also made his way into the second circle.