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Flavio Cobolli vs Hamad Medjedovic: Roland Garros – first round
Two young and promising players will face each other in the opening round of Roland Garros.
Flavio Cobolli Profile
Flavio Cobolli is enjoying his best career ranking, being No. 53 in the world. The Italian is 23–14 for the season and 7–6 on clay.
He is coming off a 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 loss to Casper Ruud in the semifinals in Geneva. Earlier in the tournament, he defeated Alexander Shevchenko, Ben Shelton, and Arslan Karatsev.
The week before, he reached the second round in Rome after beating Maximillian Marterer 6-4, 6-2, but then lost to Sebastian Korda 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.
Cobolli’s best results this season were the quarterfinals in Delray Beach and Montpellier.
This is his third appearance at Roland Garros, and he has never won a match in the main draw.
Hamad Medjedovic Profile
Hamad Medjedovic is 135th in the rankings, and his best result is No. 102 in the world. The Serbian is 12-6 for the season and 11-3 on clay.
Medjedovic went through the qualifiers to get to the main draw and defeated Lucas Pouille, Filip Krajinovic, and Geofrrey Blancaneaux.
The week before, Medjedovic reached the third round in Rome, where he lost to Daniil Medvedev.
This is his second appearance at Roland Garros, after losing the opening match to Marcos Giron last year.
Head-to-Head
This will be the first match between Cobolli and Medjedovic.
Prediction and Conclusion
Both Cobolli and Medjedovic are some of the best young players on the tour, and whoever wins this one will get to the second round at Roland Garros for the first time in his career. Cobolli is higher ranked, but that can make no difference in this match. Both of them are coming from solid weeks of high-level tournaments, and they will lack confidence. Medjedovic has one of the best forehands on the tour, and he will be the breakout star this year in Paris, and this win will be just the beginning of his journey.
