Tennis-Medvedev Eases Past Koepfer To Reach Miami Quarter-finals

Daniil Medvedev took one other step in the direction of retaining a title for the primary time in his profession because the Russian third seed beat Germany’s Dominik Koepfer 7-6(5) 6-0 on Tuesday to achieve the Miami Open quarter-finals.

Medvedev overcame a shaky begin and transformed 4 break factors whereas dropping serve simply as soon as to safe a spot within the final eight in Miami the place he has but to drop a set.

Koepfer was the early aggressor, utilizing a pair of holds at like to construct a 4-3 lead within the first set however Medvedev compelled a tiebreak during which he misplaced the opening 4 factors earlier than discovering his method.

With a pissed off Koepfer immediately dropping management of his forehand, Medvedev loved a lot smoother passage by the second set the place he broke twice to construct a commanding 4-0 lead earlier than closing out the match with a break to like.

“Sometimes it happens when you lose the first set the way he lost … it brings your (opponent’s) energy down and I knew that I had to use it (to my advantage) in the beginning of the second set that’s where it was the most important,” Medvedev mentioned after gathering his 350th profession win.

The Russian will face seventh seed Casper Ruud of Norway or Chile’s Nicolas Jarry, the twenty second seed, within the final eight.

In different early motion, unseeded Czech Tomas Machac beat Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 6-3 to achieve his first Masters 1000 quarter-final.

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Medvedev within the Indian Wells remaining 9 days in the past, will attempt to safe his passage to the final eight in a while Tuesday when he meets Italian twenty third seed Lorenzo Musetti.

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