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The Russians advanced to the quarter-finals at the prestigious Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday. Daniilas Medvedevas (ATP-4), which in just 1 h. 32 min. 6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 3 defeated the american Mackenzie McDonaldą (ATP-192).
For Medvedev, this will be the third quarter-final of the Great Cross Eria tournament and the first outside the US Open.
In the quarterfinals, D. Medvedev will meet his compatriot Andrey Rubliov (ATP-8), than after 1 h. 18 min. the battles beat the Norwegian who left the match after the second set Caspera Ruuda (ATP-28).
In another second set, Ruud requested a medical break for abdominal pain. After the break, Ruud won four games in a row and went ahead 5: 3, but Rubliov managed to rip off extra time, proving his advantage. After losing the second set, Ruud decided to retire.
A. Rubliov reached the first quarter-finals of the Australian Open without losing a single set, and they all made it to the quarter-finals of the Big Cross series tournament.
Medvedev and A. Rubliov have already met four times and so far A. Rubliov has failed to win a single set.
For the first time in the modern era, up to three Russian tennis players will play in the quarter-finals of the Great Cross series.
The last time a Russian tennis player won the Great Cross tournament was in 2005. It was Marat Safin.
The total prize fund of the Australian Open is up to 80 million. Australian dollars (approximately 51 million euros).
Other couples from the quarterfinals:
Novak Djokovic (ATP-1) – Alexander Zverev (ATP-7)
Grigoras Dimitrovas (ATP-21) – Aslanas Karatsevas (ATP-114)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP-6) – Matteo Berretini (ATP-10) / Rafaelis Nadalis (ATP-2) – Fabio Fognini (ATP-17)
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