Halle: Top seed Medvedev battles into quarter-finals

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the top seed, beat Serb Laslo Djere 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 to reach the last eight of Halle at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Wednesday.

Medvedev, ranked No 3, will play Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 8 seed, next.

The Russian won against American qualifier Marcos Giron (6-4, 6-3) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Halle Open, Djere, ranked No 65, won against German wildcard Oscar Otte (7-6 (3), 6-3).

Halle ATP500, other second-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.195.175, most recent results first):

• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Jannik Sinner
• Alexander Bublik vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Andrey Rublev vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Alexander Zverev vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 7-6 (2)