Marseille Open: Medvedev books spot in last eight

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the top seed, defeated French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Marseille Open at the Palais des sports on Thursday evening.

Playing his first 250-level event since 2023, Medvedev hit 19 winners against 13 unforced errors against the Frenchman in a rematch of the 2021 final. He improves to 3-2 overall on the season, after suffering a second-round loss to Learner Tien at the Australian Open and a second-round loss to Mattia Bellucci in Rotterdam.

“Pierre-Hugues is a very tough player,” Medvedev said. “Funny enough we played five times on tour and three times here in Marseille, so this is where we meet all the time.

“I’m happy that I managed to play a good level, didn’t lose my serve, and I’m happy to win.”

Medvedev, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between German Jan-Lennard Struff and French qualifier Hugo Grenier next.

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Herbert, ranked No 192, won against Harold Mayot (2-6, 7-5, 6-3) in the previous round of the Marseille tournament.

Marseille ATP 250, other second-round results (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 767.545, most recent results first):

• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Hugo Grenier
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Hubert Hurkacz (4): 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3
• Zizou Bergs beat Nuno Borges (8): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Ugo Humbert (2) beat Alexander Bublik: 7-6 (7), 6-4
• Hamad Medjedovic beat Karen Khachanov (3): 6-2, 6-3
• Daniel Altmaier beat Otto Virtanen: 6-4, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Luca Van Assche

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