World number three Daniil Medvedev cruised into the second round of the China Open with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Tommy Paul on Friday.
The Russian broke serve in the fourth game and secured the opening set when Paul lofted a forehand long.
Medvedev then peppered the American with a barrage of powerful serves and forehands to close out the match with ease.
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He will play Alex De Minaur in the second round after the Australian edged out Britain’s Andy Murray in a third-set tie-break on Thursday.
This year’s China Open is the first since 2019 after Beijing ditched its isolationist zero-Covid policy.
All of the eight top-ranked men are in action except world number one Novak Djokovic.
Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz takes on qualifier Yannick Hanfmann on Friday evening.
