Medvedev beat Alcaraz, sets Djokovic rematch in 2023 US Open final
“I said I needed to play 11 out of 10. I played 12 out of 10, except the third set," Medvedev was quested as saying by ‘usopen’.
Danil Medvedev fought back from a set down to qualify for the last-16 of the Madrid Open for the first time in his career in the Monday morning session.
IANS | New Delhi | May 2, 2023 10:49 am
Danil Medvedev fought back from a set down to qualify for the last-16 of the Madrid Open for the first time in his career in the Monday morning session.
The 27-year-old, who is second seed in the tournament, lost the opening set 6-4 to Alexander Shevchenko, who is currently ranked 96th in the world, but rallied to take the second set 6-1 and went on to win the third set 7-5 in a match that lasted two hours and 42 minutes, reports Xinhua.
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The win was the 300th in his professional career and books him a fourth round match against Asian Karatsev, who had a surprise win over 16th seed, Alex de Minaur 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
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Jan-Lennard Struff also needed three sets to get past Dusan Lajovic 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3 to move into the last-16.
In the women’s tournament, number two seed Aryna Sabalanka defeated Mirra Andreeva, who is ranked 194th in the world and only celebrated her 16th birthday three days ago.
The 31st seed Irena Camella Begu beat Lludmila Samsonova 6-4, 6-4 in a close match and Mayar Sherif of Egypt defeated Elsie Mertens of Belgium 6-4, 0-6, 6-4.
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“I said I needed to play 11 out of 10. I played 12 out of 10, except the third set," Medvedev was quested as saying by ‘usopen’.
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Daniil Medvedev arrived at this year's Internazionali BNL d'Italia with 76 ATP Masters 1000 match wins, but none of them had come in Rome. On Sunday, the 27-year-old added to his collection a win in the Eternal City by defeating Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland in the second round of the Italian Open.
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