Medvedev solves Mannarino riddle in Beijing

pA year ago, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a made the final in Beijing. Will this be the edition when he breaks through and lifts the trophy at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/beijing/747/overview'China Open/a? /p

pThe third seed improved his chances by defeating familiar foe a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-mannarino/me82/overview'Adrian Mannarino/a 7-6(6), 6-2 in the second round on Saturday to book his quarter-final spot. He is now three wins from claiming his first tour-level title of 2024./p

pldquo;Itrsquo;s not easy to play, so I am happy that [in] the tie-break, [I] managed to save a set point," Medvedev said. "Two good serves, then return in the court, which was not enough. But tough match, tough battle, happy to win.rdquo; /p

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pThe No. 5 player in the PIF ATP Rankings had to dig deep against the Frenchman, who has always been a tough opponent for him. Down a set point at 5/6 in the first-set tie-break, Medvedev escaped when his opponent missed a return. He then looked more comfortable as the match progressed. /p

pAfter exchanging service breaks early on in the second set, he took the lead by hitting a blistering forehand down the line to break Mannarinorsquo;s serve again. There was no looking back for him as he made quick work of the Frenchman from there, winning four games in a row to seal the match in one hour, 41 minutes. He leveled the pairrsquo;s Lexus ATP Head2Head series at 4-4./p

pMedvedev fired eight aces and won 80 per cent of his first-serve points. He finished having converted four out of six break points, according to Infosys ATP Stats./p

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pWith the win, Medvedev advanced to his 75th tour-level quarter-final and eighth of the season. The 20-time tour-level titlist will next take on rising Italian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview'Flavio Cobolli/a, who eliminated qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pavel-kotov/k09f/overview'Pavel Kotov/a 6-4, 6-2./p

pldquo;Titles are more important obviously than finals. But even then 75 quarter-finals are great," Medvedev said. "When I made my first quarter-final [it] was [in] Moscow and I was pretty happy. And now it's 75. I am still happy, but not the same way. But if you want to win the tournament you need to be in the quarter-finals.rdquo; /p

pMedvedev is fourth in the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin. The 28-year-old aims to qualify for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a for the sixth consecutive year./p

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