LONDON (AP) Ninth-seeded Daniil Medvedev is out of one other Grand Slam within the first spherical after dropping to Sixty fourth-ranked Benjamin Bonzi 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 at Wimbledon on Monday.

The 6-foot-6 Russian, a semifinalist on the All England Membership the final two years, had additionally exited the French Open within the first spherical. And that adopted a second-round loss on the Australian Open.

The final time Medvedev misplaced consecutive Grand Slam first-round matches was in 2017 at Melbourne Park in his main match debut, adopted by Roland-Garros.

Medvedev misplaced in 5 units to Cameron Norrie in Paris this yr. In 2023, the Russian was seeded No. 2 at Roland-Garros and misplaced within the first spherical to Thiago Seyboth Wild, a qualifier who was ranked 172nd on the time.

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