Britain's Cameron Norrie celebrates his victory over Russia's Daniil Medvedev during their men's singles match on day 3 of the French Open tennis tournament on Court Simonne-Mathieu at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on Tuesday-AFP PARIS, May 27 (Agencies): Britain's Cameron Norrie ousted former world number one Daniil Medvedev in a marathon five-set first round match at the French Open on Tuesday.
Former US Open champion and five-time Grand Slam runner-up Medvedev was dumped out in the first round for the sixth time in Paris, losing 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-5.
British number one Norrie, ranked 81, took just under four hours to wrap up his first win in five meetings against the 11th-seeded Russian.
"It was a great atmosphere, it really felt I had momentum in the first set and he raised his level," said Norrie.
"I managed to get it over the line, it was a crazy match, he's got me the last four our five matches."
The 29-year-old Medvedev's best finish in Paris was the quarter-finals in 2021.
Norrie, also 29, plays the second round in Paris for the fifth time where he meets either American Aleksandar Kovacevic or Argentina's Federico Gomez.
Meanwhile, Coco Gauff forgot to bring her rackets to the court but reminded her rivals of her French Open title ambitions with a commanding win on Tuesday. Last year's runner-up Alexander Zverev had no such trouble as he cruised into the second round in his latest bid to win an elusive Grand Slam title after losing three major finals including at this year's Australian Open. Former Roland Garros runner-up Gauff provided early comic relief as the second seed grinned sheepishly and showed her empty bag to her entourage, who scampered to reunite her with her equipment before she thumped Olivia Gadecki 6-2 6-2.
"Honestly, I thought they put the rackets in the bag, and my side court bag is filled with drinks and everything," Gauff told Sloane Stephens on TNT. "So it felt like I had enough weight. Then I got on court, and I opened the first zipper. I was like, 'OK, no rackets'. The second zipper ... 'Oh my God. I went on court with no racquets'. Usually JC (coach Jean-Christophe Faurel) puts them in.
"I'll see what happened."
The Madrid and Rome finalist made up for the delayed start by easing through the first three games and wrapped up the opening set with a battling hold after dropping her service earlier.
There was no looking back from there as Gauff tightened her grip on the contest despite the challenging conditions.
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