The world number one enjoyed a winning comeback at the Los Cabos Open in Mexico
Daniil Medvedev reached a career milestone as the world number one racked up a 250th victory on his comeback in Mexico, seeing off Australia’s Rinky Hijikata in routine fashion.
Playing his first competitive match since June, Medvedev overcome his wildcard rival 6-4 6-3 as the Russian returned to his favored hard court surface.
Medvedev, 26, is making his first appearance at the tournament at Los Cabos, which is serving as part of his preparations in the build-up to his bid to defend his US Open title in New York later this month.
Medvedev said he had been made aware of the impending milestone before the match and has no intention of stopping at 250 wins he enjoys an 11th week at the top of the ATP standings.
“Somebody told me this a few days ago at media day, otherwise I would not have known,” Medvedev was quoted as saying by the ATP website.
“That’s…
