Cincinnati Masters: Zverev beats Medvedev to book spot in quarter-finals
Alexander Zverev edged out Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 on Thursday evening and will play the winner of the match between American wildcard Mackenzie McDonald and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the next round
Alexander Zverev (Zuma/Panoramic)
German Alexander Zverev, the No 16 seed, edged out Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to move into the last 8 of the Cincinnati Masters at the Linder Tennis Family Center on Thursday evening.
Zverev had lost his previous three matches on the bounce to Medvedev.
Zverev, ranked No 17, will play the winner of the match between American wildcard Mackenzie McDonald and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino next.
🎱 @CincyTennis wins in a row!
— ATP Tour (@atptour) August 17, 2023
2021 champion @AlexZverev defies Medvedev 6-4 5-7 6-4 to surge into the Elite 8#CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/GneFa116do
Earlier in the tournament, the German won against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (6-2, 6-2) and Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (7-5, 6-4).
Medvedev, ranked No 3, beat Italian Lorenzo Musetti (6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of the Cincy Open.
Cincinnati Masters, other last 16 results (Linder Tennis Family Center, hard, USD 6.600.000, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Novak Djokovic
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Taylor Fritz
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Max Purcell
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Tommy Paul
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Adrian Mannarino: thursday
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Hubert Hurkacz: thursday
- Alexei Popyrin (LL) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
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