"Biggest win of my career" - says Struff after upsetting Medvedev in Halle

Jan-Lennard Struff upset Daniil Medvedev in the first round of the NOVENTI OPEN in Halle and he enjoyed it.

The German was thrilled with his performance against Medvedev whom he defeated 7-6(6) 6-3. It continued a good stretch of results for him that started at the French Open where he defeated Andrey Rublev. After the match he said:

“This is the biggest win — [FedEx ATP] Rankings wise — of my career and to do it here on home soil is very special. I live only an hour from here."

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The win almost never happened as Medvedev was firmly in control of the match and even served for the first set. Struff had a similar situation at Roland Garros against Schwartzman but he let the set slip away. He said:

“He served for the [first] set at 6-5 and twice went for an ace on a second serve and I put returns in at 30/30 and 30/40. I then played a very good tie-break and at 5-1 up in the second set, I thought about being up 5-1 last week against Diego Schwartzman [in the Roland Garros fourth round]. I lost the set in the tie-break, after having seven set points, so it was definitely in my head. It’s not something you can get out of your head easily.”  

Struff will face a different task in the next round with Marcos Giron who likes to come forward to the net more often than Medvedev. The German is not worried however as he likes his chances:

"I have a good game for grass and I like to come in. The wins at Roland Garros definitely gave me a confidence boost.”