playzilla casino Canadian Open Tennis: Medvedev Stunned By Fokina, Zverev Eases Through
Daniil Medvedev was dumped out of the Canadian Open in the second round. Daniil Medvedev was dumped out of the Canadian Open in the second round. 
Daniil Medvedev suffered a rare hard-court loss to an opponent outside the world's top 20 as Alejandro Davidovich Fokina sent him crashing out of the Canadian Open in the last 32. (More Tennis News)
Third seed Medvedev was beaten 6-4 1-6 6-2 by world number 43 Davidovich Fokina, the Spaniard coming through a one-hour, 56-minute contest in Montreal.
Davidovich Fokina, who reached the semi-finals of the tournament in 2023, will now face either Karen Khachanov or Matteo Arnaldi for a place in the quarter-finals.
Paris 2024: 'Your Gold Will Come' -Djokovic Backs Alcaraz For Future Olympics Success It was only Medvedev's third hard-court defeat to an opponent ranked outside the ATP's top 20 since the start of 2023, with the others both coming against Sebastian Korda.
Medvedev was not the only player to be on the receiving end of an upset on Thursday, as Japan's Kei Nishikori beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-4 for his first top-20 win since 2021.
3 - Claiming his third career ATP top five win, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina handed Daniil Medvedev only a third loss on hard court to an opponent ranked outside the ATP's top 20, since the start of 2023. Sebastian Korda claimed the other two. Rare.#OBN24 | @OBNmontreal @atptour pic.twitter.com/rQjSazZ0fq
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) August 8, 2024However, things were far more comfortable for world number four Alexander Zverev, who crushed Jordan Thompson by a 6-1 6-1 scoreline to reach the third round.
Zverev won a huge 95% (18/19) of points behind his first serve, also slamming 20 winners past Thompsonplayzilla casino, who had previously led the duo's head-to-head series 2-1.