In French Open Tennis, it was a head-turner on Tuesday afternoon as Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild outlasted No. 2 seed Russian Daniil Medvedev in a five-set thriller. Seyboth became the first player to defeat the No. 2 seed in the first round of the French Open since 2000. Wild beat Medvedev 7-6(5) 6-7(6) 2-6 6-3 6-4 on Court Philippe-Chatrier. It was a four-hour, 15-minute battle between the two.
The Brazilians played with controlled aggression from the opening game and was not concerned with who was across the net. Instead, he focused on what he could control. The World No. 172 Thiago Seyboth Wild came into the match, with a clear strategy he was able to execute.