Medvedev downs De Minaur to move into the quarter-finals

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the second seed, won against Australian Alex De Minaur 7-6 (3), 6-3 to advance to the last eight of the China Open at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing.

Medvedev, ranked No 3, will face the winner of the match between Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, and Frenchman Ugo Humbert next.

Ahead of his victory, the Russian beat American Tommy Paul (6-2, 6-1).

De Minaur, ranked No 12, edged out Andy Murray (6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6)) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.

Beijing ATP500, other second-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.633.875, most recent results first):

• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Jannik Sinner
• Holger Rune vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Casper Ruud
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Alexander Zverev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Andrey Rublev vs. Ugo Humbert
• Nicolas Jarry beat Matteo Arnaldi (Q): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3