It certainly weighs more, however, the defeat of Medvedev, who after the two semifinals reached at the Championships between 2023 and 2024, is destined to leave the top 10 again. For him it is the second consecutive defeat to the debut in a major after that remedied by Cameron Norrie at Roland Garros. In total, it is the ninth in the career in the first round, an event that had never happened to him in Wimbledon, even more unexpected by looking at the recent ending reached in the Halle’s ATP 500.
For Bonzi, however, it is the second career victory against a player in the top 10: the first had arrived last year, on the cement of Metz, against the then n. 6 Casper Ruud. The transalpine came from six consecutive defeats on the grass, but today he defended himself in a masterful way with the service, winning 78% of the points with the first and 69% with the second. In essence, Bonzi has never been below in the score, not only dominating the tie-breaks in the odd sets, but immediately obtaining the decisive break in the fourth partial, then reinforced by the last break on 5-2 and service.
