2023-05-02 18:34:18
World number 121 Russian Aslan Karatsev reaches the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open tennis tournament, following defeating compatriot world number 3 Daniel Medvedev.
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In the next round, Karatsev will face the winner from Fritz and Zhang (Twitter)
Russian world number 121 Aslan Karatsev reached today, Tuesday, the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open tennis tournament, following defeating his compatriot, world number 3 Daniel Medvedev, in a match that lasted for one hour and 35 minutes.
The first group witnessed intense competition between Karatsev and Medvedev, before the first succeeded in winning it 7-6 (7-1), and Karatsev qualified in the second group, which he excelled by (6-4).
With this victory, Karatsev reached the quarter-finals in a clay court tournament for the first time in his career, while Medvedev failed to reach this role for the fourth year in a row.
In the quarter-finals of the Madrid Championship, Karatsev will face the winner of the American Taylor Fritz match and the Chinese Chenshen Zhang.
Upset complete ????@AsKaratsev outsmarts 2nd seed Medvedev 7-6(1), 6-4 to reach his maiden Masters 1000 quarterfinals in Madrid. Breakthrough.
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— #MMOPEN (@MutuaMadridOpen) May 2, 2023
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