Russia’s first racket, Daniil Medvedev, reached the 1/8 finals of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Masters series tournament held in Rome, Italy.
Medvedev, who ranked third in the ATP ranking in the third round, defeated Spanish tennis player Bernabé Zapata-Miralles, who was ranked 38th on the list of the best players in the world, with a score of 3:6, 6 in three sets. :1, 6 :3.
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Medvedev took six hits, made five double mistakes, and also converted five breakouts out of 13. His opponent posted two aces, three double faults and two break points out of seven.
In the fourth round, Medvedev will play the winner of the Jeffrey-John Wolf (USA) v Alexander Zverev (Germany) match, which will also be played on May 15.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic continues to lead the ATP rankings. In second place is Spanish Carlos Alcaraz. Medvedev remained in third place. He stepped up the lead over fourth-placed Norwegian Kasper Ruud.
Andrey Rublev holds the sixth place, Karen Khachanov moves up from 12th to 11th place and Aslan Karatsev moves up 68 places to 53rd place.
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