Thiem does not start; Gasquet, Medvedev’s first rival

The Austrian Dominik Thiem fell again in the first round of a tournamentthe one from Geneva, surpassed by the Italian Marco Cecchinato who advanced to the second round just like the French Richard Gasquet who became the first rival of Russian Daniil Medvedevthe first favorite and who returns to the competition after his injury.

The Viennese tennis player fell in his first match against an inferior opponent. He has not won a match since his return. He lost to Cecchinato, 134 in the ranking, 6-3, 6-4. It took the transalpine 94 minutes to eliminate the Austrian player, a two-time finalist at Roland Garros, where he is heading now. Cecchinato, meanwhile, will face Pole Kamil Majchrzak in the second round.

French veteran Richard Gasquet made his debut in Geneva, beating Australian John Millman 6-3, 6-1, in eighty minutes. The Frenchman, quarterfinalist in Estoril, Marrakech and Montpellier this year, will be the first opponent of the second player in the world, the Russian Medvedev, who returns to the competition after six weeks of absence from the circuit to treat a hernia.

Medvedev faces the Geneva tournament in preparation for Roland Garros, where the Belarusian also progressed Ilya Ivashka who beat the American Marcos Giron (4-6, 6-3 and 6-2) to be the opponent of the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, third favorite.

Previously, the Argentine Federico Delbonis beat Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis 6-4, 6-4 and awaits a rival in the second section. It will be against the winner of the match between the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis and the Italian Fabio Fognini.