Medvedev after 5 sets in the Melbourne round of XNUMX

The world number four defeated the Serbian Filip Krajinovic 6:3, 6:3, 4:6, 3:6, 6:0 in Melbourne on Saturday and moved into the round of 25. Two days after his 3th birthday, the Russian needed 06:XNUMX hours to achieve his success. In the round of XNUMX he will now face American Mackenzie McDonald. For Medvedev it was the 17th win in a row. At the end of last tennis year, the Russian won the Masters 1000 event in Paris and the ATP Finals in London. At the beginning of this season he won the ATP Cup together with his compatriot Andrey Rublev, winning all four of his singles. For the first time, Medvedev won a match over five sets. His compatriot Rublev, who defeated the Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez 7:5, 6:2, 6:3, had significantly less trouble than Medvedev. He now faces Norwegian Casper Ruud. In the quarterfinals there could be the eagerly awaited Russian duel Medvedev against Rublev. Stefanos Tsitsipas, seeded number five, also easily reached the round of 6. The Greek won against the Swede Mikael Ymer 4:6, 1:6, 1:XNUMX. Co-favorite Svitolina continues – out for Pliskova Among the women, co-favorite Jelina Svitolina reached the round of 26 without much trouble. The 6-year-old Ukrainian won against Kazakh Yulia Putinzeva 4:6, 0:5 in Melbourne on Saturday. Svitolina, seeded number five, will now face American Jessica Pegula at the first Grand Slam tournament of the tennis season. Karolina Pliskova, however, was eliminated. The Czech, seeded number six, lost to her compatriot Karolina Muchova 7:5, 7:5 and gave up a 0:XNUMX lead in the second set.

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Medvedev after 5 sets in the Melbourne round of XNUMX

Co-favorite Daniil Medvedev was only able to avert a third-round exit at the Australian Open with great difficulty.

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