ATP Dubai: Medvedev continues successful run, Hurkacz challenges Djokovic
Daniil Medvedev has reached the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Dubai with a clear two-set win over Alexander Bublik . There is also Hubert Hukacz , who now meets Novak Djokovic .
by Nikolaus Fink
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Mar 01, 2023, 08:10 pm
Daniil Medvedev continued his successful run in the round of 16 of the ATP 500 event in Dubai: The former world number one clearly defeated Alexander Bublik 6: 4 and 6: 2 and thus celebrated his eleventh win in a row. The Russian didn't allow his opponent to break a single ball throughout the game and clearly felt comfortable on Center Court in the United Arab Emirates. Indication of this: an underarm serve at match point.
Medvedev now meets Borna Coric in the quarterfinals. The Croatian, seeded in eighth place, beat the Australian wildcard holder Thanasi Kokkinakis 6:7 (4), 6:3 and 7:5 after a hard fight.
Hurkacz still without a win against Djokovic
Hubert Hurkacz had to work a little less intensively to reach the last eight. The eleventh in the world rankings defeated Pavel Kotov 7:5 and 6:1. Hurkacz is now demanding Novak Djokovic, who is still undefeated this season and who once again showed a gala performance on Wednesday . The previous four duels between the two have all gone to the world number one from Belgrade.
There was also good news for German tennis fans: Olympic champion Alexander Zverev advanced to the quarter-finals with a two-set win over Christopher O'Connell . Andrey Rublev, who was able to fend off five match points against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the tie-break of the second set, also succeeded.