Thiago Seyboth Wild swung at Roland Garros and knocked out Daniil Medvedev, one of the favorites

the brazilian Wild Thiago Seyboth he became the movie kid on the third day of action in Roland Garros. Is that the 172 in the ATP ranking eliminated the Russian Daniel Medvedev, two in the world and one of the big favorites to win the contest after his conquest in the Masters 1000 in Rome, in a first round match. fIt was an unforgettable 7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3 and 6-4 after just over four hours of action at the Phillipe Chatrier Stadium, the main stage for the second Grand Slam of the year. He did it by showcasing his talent and also taking advantage of the Muscovite’s distractions, who are almost always uncomfortable on the brick dust as he once again holds hot crosses with the spectators at the Paris Open.

Seyboth Wild, 23 years old and 1.85 meters tall, awaits the winner of the duel between the Argentine Guido Pella and the French Quentin Halys. And like any tennis player on the wild pro circuit, he has a story that could be worthy of a Netflix or HBO series. He has a lot of tennis. But that’s not the only thing this boy has in his racket bag, whose coach is the Argentinian Sebastián Gutiérrez, who also works with Sebastián Báez.

Is that his name rang loudly on September 9, 2018 when he was crowned the US Open junior champion. That day, the native of the state of Paraná in southern Brazil defeated the Italian Lorenzo Musetti. And they began to syndicate everything as the successor of Gustavo Kuerten, the tennis legend of his country, former world number one and three-time winner of Roland Garros (1997, 2000 and 2001).

However, nothing is easy on the ATP circuit. And that Seyboth Wild had a good transition and showed that he was ready to fight when he was crowned at the ATP 250 in Santiago de Chile. He had left the Argentines Facundo Bagnis, Juan Ignacio Londero and Renzo Olivo by the wayside. But the pressure stopped when he defeated Norway’s Casper Ruud in a definition to become the first tennis player born in 2000 to win a tournament on the big circuit.

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