Daniil Medvedev cruised by his first match of the 12 months on clay Wednesday, defeating Italian wild card Lorenzo Sonego 6-3, 6-2 on the Monte Carlo Masters to arrange a gathering with Alexander Zverev.
Medvedev broke Sonego on the first try after which twice extra within the second set to reel off his twenty fifth win in his previous 26 tour-level matches.
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“Every match is a wrestle (on clay), however I’ve had some good matches on clay,” said Medvedev. “I managed to play good against a very strong player on clay.”
“It’s fully completely different on clay, however confidence is confidence,” the third seed added.
“It’s about winning matches, because it is always two players that play, and one is going to win… I hope to bring this confidence even further.”
Medvedev earned his tour-leading thirtieth victory of the season and can face Zverev within the final 16 — a primary assembly between the pair on clay.
“We’ve had some powerful matches,” said Medvedev, who has won seven of 13 previous matches against Zverev.
Zverev is still finding his way back after tearing ankle ligaments in the French Open semi-finals last year against Rafael Nadal.
Following a difficult first-round tie against the dangerous Alexander Bublik, he beat Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday.
“I saw him (Zverev) in the first two matches, he seemed to be in good shape. I’m just going to have to be at my best,” stated Medvedev.
Casper Ruud Beats Botic van de Zandschulp
Casper Ruud, coming off a title in Estoril final weekend, kicked off his Monte Carlo marketing campaign with a 7-5, 7-6 (7/1) win over Botic van de Zandschulp.
“It is rarely simple to begin at a brand new event and in opposition to a participant I’ve misplaced to earlier than,” said Ruud, who avenged his early exit at the hands of Van de Zandschulp in Miami.
“Sometimes it is a little tricky playing someone you recently lost to, like ‘Not again’, but in this case I was a bit happy because I felt like some unfinished business from the Miami match.”
Ruud, a semi-finalist within the Principality two years in the past, will tackle Jan-Lennard Struff subsequent after the German knocked out 14th seed Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-2.
Danish teenager Holger Rune swept apart two-time French Open runner-up Dominic Thiem 6-2, 6-4, whereas Jannik Sinner superior as Diego Schwartzman retired whereas trailing by a set and a break.
Karen Khachanov, the ninth seed, downed Ilya Ivashka in straight units to e-book a showdown with Andrey Rublev.
Novak Djokovic performs Italian teenager Lorenzo Musetti on Thursday for a spot within the quarter-finals.
Musetti, who famously led Djokovic by two units at Roland Garros in 2021 earlier than being pressured to retire, thrashed qualifier Luca Nardi 6-0, 6-0.
World primary Djokovic is showing at his first event since failing to get a waiver to enter the United States for final month’s Indian Wells and Miami occasions due to his anti-Covid vaccination stance.
Matteo Berrettini gained a topsy-turvy three-setter in opposition to Argentine Francisco Cerundolo regardless of blowing a 5-0 lead within the opening set.
The Italian recovered to dominate the second-set tie break earlier than finishing a 5-7, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 victory.
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US eighth seed Taylor Fritz overcame 2014 Monte Carlo champion Stan Wawrinka 7-6 (12/10), 6-2.
Chile’s Nicolas Jarry will tackle two-time defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas after outlasting Australia’s Alexei Popyrin in three units.
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