Paris - Daniil Medvedev still has issues with clay court tennis, but the world No 2 cantered into the French Open third round with a 6-3 6-4 6-3 win against Serbian Laslo Djere on Thursday.

The Russian, who reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros in 2021 after four successive first-round exits, struggled at times, but his elasticity eventually made up for his lack of natural ability to move about on the slow surface...