Daniil Medvedev of Russia returns the ball to Rinky Hijikata of Australia during the Mifel ATP Los Cabos Open 2022 at Cabo Sports Complex on August 3 2022 in San José del Cabo, Mexico. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/MANUEL VELASQUEZ1 Daniil Medvedev acknowledged reaching a “nice” milestone playing his first tour match since June, as he beat qualifier Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-3 in Los Cabos, Mexico, on Wednesday to record his 250th professional singles win.
“Somebody told me this a few days ago ... otherwise I would not have known,” Medvedev said of the milestone. “For sure I want more victories but that’s also nice to have 250. We’ll try to get more.” “It’s definitely not that easy to play after you stop for a while,” Medvedev said. “Sensations were not bad. I could have just broken a little bit more, but when you win, everything is fine. I have to play like this in the next matches.”Meanwhile, Elizabeth Mandlik, daughter of four-time Major winner Hana Mandlikova, showed she has the potential to make a name for herself in tennis after impressing on her WTA Tour main draw debut at the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, California.
Mandlik twice served for the second-round match in the third set but Badosa, a former world No 2, broke both times before edging the deciding tiebreak.“Looking at her ranking, she played an amazing match,” she said. “I think sometimes it’s a little bit confusing when you play against a player with her ranking because maybe you don’t expect that kind of score and you think you’re not doing things well.