Daniil Medvedev took one other step in the direction of a return to the highest of the world rankings as he noticed off Pedro Martinez in straight units to achieve the fourth spherical of the Miami Open.
The Russian, who will transfer again as much as world primary if he makes the semi-finals of the event, overcame Spaniard Martinez 6-3 6-4 in an hour and 24 minutes.
Medvedev dropped solely 4 factors on serve in a primary set that he secured by way of an eighth-game break. Set two then noticed Martinez instantly reply to being damaged by replying in variety to make it 2-2, earlier than Medvedev broke once more within the seventh and noticed out the win by producing eight factors in a row on serve.
High seed Medvedev instructed Amazon Prime: “I believe usually I performed not so unhealthy.
“Actually sluggish courts right here so enjoying towards a Spanish (opponent) will not be simple. I felt like we had a number of rallies the place he was bringing the tempo down and I couldn’t actually do a lot.
“So I attempted to serve properly, to maintain constant, and I managed to do much less errors in essential factors, and I believe that was the important thing at the moment.”
Medvedev’s opponent within the subsequent spherical is American Jenson Brooksby, who beat Spain’s fifteenth seed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 5-7 6-4.
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