Tennis
On the clay court docket traditional in Paris, many issues are going as anticipated to this point. However not many predicted that Alex De Minaur will win 16 towards Daniil Medvedev.
Alex De Minaur defeated Daniil Medvedev in 4 units.
Photograph: Thibault Camus/AP/dpa
Australian tennis skilled Alex De Minaur stunned on the French Open in Paris and reached the quarterfinals. The 25-year-old defeated world quantity 5 Daniil Medvedev from Russia 4:6, 6:2, 6:1, 6:3.
For De Minaur, who feels way more comfy on arduous courts, it is just her second quarter-final look at a Grand Slam match. The Australian, who defeated German skilled Jan-Lennard Struff within the third spherical, might be Alexander Zverev’s opponent within the quarterfinals. To do that, the Olympic champion should win his match this night (not earlier than 8:15pm) towards the Dane Holger Rune.
Medvedev went into the duel with De Minaur because the favorite, though the Russian is not any clay court docket professional both. When the rating was 2:3 within the second set, the US Open 2021 winner needed to be handled for blisters on his legs. After that, nothing labored out for him.