NEW DELHI: Daniil Medvedev matched his greatest ever displaying at Wimbledon because the Russian reached the fourth spherical on the All England Membership on Saturday.
From a set down, Medvedev survived an onslaught from Marton Fucsovics to beat his Hungarian buddy 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
When the 67th-ranked Fucsovics gave Medvedev the runaround within the opening set, with the Russian misfiring his returns again and again, visions of his 2020 Roland Garros first spherical win over the third seed should have flashed via his thoughts.
However Medvedev trampled on these desires within the fourth sport of the second set, when he broke Fucsovics to like after the Hungarian double-faulted to give up his serve.
Enjoying underneath a closed Court docket One roof because the rain got here down on a leafy southwest London, each gamers entertained the gang with some acrobatic shot-making.
Fucsovics would have made Boris Becker proud with a few his diving volley winners and slam-dunk smashes, whereas Medvedev hit a stupendous crosscourt winner on the run after chasing down a drop shot from nicely behind the baseline.
As soon as Medvedev had taken a two-sets-to-one lead by banging down an unreturnable serve, Fucsovics wanted an damage trip to get his proper ankle manipulated and strapped up by the coach.
He bought again on his ft and even earned a break level within the eighth sport of the fourth set. However as soon as he missed his likelihood to make it 4-4, his sport shortly unravelled and Medvedev reached the final 16 of a significant for the primary time this 12 months by firing down an unreturnable serve.
(With inputs from Reuters)
From a set down, Medvedev survived an onslaught from Marton Fucsovics to beat his Hungarian buddy 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
When the 67th-ranked Fucsovics gave Medvedev the runaround within the opening set, with the Russian misfiring his returns again and again, visions of his 2020 Roland Garros first spherical win over the third seed should have flashed via his thoughts.
However Medvedev trampled on these desires within the fourth sport of the second set, when he broke Fucsovics to like after the Hungarian double-faulted to give up his serve.
Enjoying underneath a closed Court docket One roof because the rain got here down on a leafy southwest London, each gamers entertained the gang with some acrobatic shot-making.
Fucsovics would have made Boris Becker proud with a few his diving volley winners and slam-dunk smashes, whereas Medvedev hit a stupendous crosscourt winner on the run after chasing down a drop shot from nicely behind the baseline.
As soon as Medvedev had taken a two-sets-to-one lead by banging down an unreturnable serve, Fucsovics wanted an damage trip to get his proper ankle manipulated and strapped up by the coach.
He bought again on his ft and even earned a break level within the eighth sport of the fourth set. However as soon as he missed his likelihood to make it 4-4, his sport shortly unravelled and Medvedev reached the final 16 of a significant for the primary time this 12 months by firing down an unreturnable serve.
(With inputs from Reuters)
