Dubai Open: Medvedev cruises past Bublik to reach quarters; plays Coric next
Daniil Medvedev beat Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday evening. He’ll play Croat Borna Coric, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, won against Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the last eight of the Dubai Open at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre on Wednesday evening.
Medvedev, ranked No 7, will play Croat Borna Coric, the No 8 seed, next.
The Russian beat Italian lucky loser Matteo Arnaldi (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Dubai tournament.
In the first round of the Dubai tournament, Bublik, ranked No 46, benefited from the abandonment of Bulgarian qualifier Alexandar Lazarov (6-1, 1-0).
Dubai ATP500, other second-round results (Aviation Club Tennis Centre, hard, USD 2.855.495, most recent results first):
- Pavel Kotov vs. Hubert Hurkacz: wednesday
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-2, 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC): 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5
- Alexander Zverev (7) beat Christopher O’Connell (Q): 7-5, 6-4
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (4): 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Andrey Rublev (2) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 1-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3)
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Mikael Ymer: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
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