Russian Daniil Medvedev, ranked second in the world, lost his first set in the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam in tennis, but reached the quarter-finals yesterday with a difficult victory over American Maxim Creasy, while French Alize Cornet reached the quarter-finals in the Grand Slam for the first time after 63 attempts.
After overcoming Chrissy 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (4-7) and 7-5, Medvedev, a strong contender for the title, said after a battle that lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes, “Starting with the first set that I won easily, Things got more difficult. Infernal match!
And the runner-up of the last edition in Melbourne suffered, for example, in the second round, he needed two hours and 58 minutes to overtake Australian star Nick Kyrgios.
Medvedev will meet Canadian Felix-Oger-Aliassime, the ninth in the world, in the quarter-finals, who overcame the veteran Croatian giant Marin Cilic 2-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) in three hours and 35 minutes.
Women’s competitions
Among the women, veteran Frenchwoman Alize Cornet got rid of her jinx in the round of 16, in her 63rd participation in the major tournaments, by defeating former world number one Romanian Simona Halep 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, in a high temperature at Rod Laver Arena. (33 percentile).
The 32-year-old Cornet, who began her career in the Grand Slam in 2005, has reached the fourth round on five previous occasions she lost all.
She will meet in the quarter-finals of American Danielle Collins (27 in the world), who played a longer match against Belgium’s Elise Mertens, defeating her 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and 51 minutes.