Daniil Medvedev qualified this Saturday for the round of 16 of the Australian Open by sweeping Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
The 27-year-old Russian reached this stage of the competition for the fifth time in his career in the first Grand Slam of the season, after a very serious match against the world number 30.
The 2021 US Open winner was never intimidated against the 23-year-old Canadian, who He won for the seventh time in as many matches.
Medvedev won the first set comfortably to Auger-Aliassime, who fell to 30th in the world after climbing to 6th in the ATP rankings in 2022.
“FAA” then showed their teeth by taking their opponent’s serve at the start of the second set, before being overwhelmed and then giving up his serve to lose 6-4.
The last set was not more complicated for Medvedev, who He will face Portuguese Nuno Borges (69th), who made a splash by beating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (13th) by 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-2 and 7-6 (8/6).
Dimitrov, who just experienced a successful end to 2023 with the Masters 1000 final in Paris and started 2024 with an ATP 250 title in Brisbane, He failed again on a big date, his big unfinished business.
As Medvedev prepares to play his 14th round of 16 in a Grand Slam tournament, his 26-year-old rival will discover this level, having never made it past the second round of a Major.
Source: La Verdad
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