NEW DELHI: Daniel Medvedev matched his very best ever appearing at Wimbledon because the Russian reached the fourth spherical on the All England Club on Saturday.
From a collection down, Medvedev survived an onslaught from Marton Fucsovics to overcome his Hungarian pal 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 3rd seed will have to have flashed thru his thoughts.
But Medvedev trampled on the ones desires within the fourth sport of the second one set, when he broke Fucsovics to like after the Hungarian double-faulted to give up his serve.
Playing underneath a closed Court 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, whilst Medvedev hit a good looking crosscourt winner at the run after chasing down a drop shot from smartly in the back of the baseline.
Once Medvedev had taken a two-sets-to-one lead via banging down an unreturnable serve, Fucsovics wanted an harm day out to get his proper ankle manipulated and strapped up via the instructor.
He were given again on his ft or even earned a ruin level within the 8th sport of the fourth set. But as soon as he overlooked his probability to make it 4-4, his sport temporarily unraveled and Medvedev reached the final 16 of a big for the primary time this yr via firing down an unreturnable serve.
(With inputs from Reuters)
From a collection down, Medvedev survived an onslaught from Marton Fucsovics to overcome his Hungarian pal 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 3rd seed will have to have flashed thru his thoughts.
But Medvedev trampled on the ones desires within the fourth sport of the second one set, when he broke Fucsovics to like after the Hungarian double-faulted to give up his serve.
Playing underneath a closed Court 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, whilst Medvedev hit a good looking crosscourt winner at the run after chasing down a drop shot from smartly in the back of the baseline.
Once Medvedev had taken a two-sets-to-one lead via banging down an unreturnable serve, Fucsovics wanted an harm day out to get his proper ankle manipulated and strapped up via the instructor.
He were given again on his ft or even earned a ruin level within the 8th sport of the fourth set. But as soon as he overlooked his probability to make it 4-4, his sport temporarily unraveled and Medvedev reached the final 16 of a big for the primary time this yr via firing down an unreturnable serve.
(With inputs from Reuters)