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Medvedev rebounded from a break down twice in
the final set to pull off the victory in two hours, 43 minutes.
Medvedev was down 0-2 and 2-4 in the third set.
"I feel like I played pretty well in the second and third sets,
and maybe the end of the first," Medvedev said. "The thing about
clay [is] usually it is tough for me to start matches for
whatever reason. I need a lot of time to get used to everything
that is happening on the court. The third set [I could] have
been a bit better at crucial moments, or maybe a lot better. But
finally I won, so that counts also."
Medvedev next plays countryman Aslan Karatsev, a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
winner over No. 16 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia.
Karatsev finished with 40 winners and converted 3 of 5 break
points to advance.
Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas also needed three sets to
dispatch No. 25 Sebastian Baez 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in a match that
lasted two hours and 13 minutes.
Tsitsipas improved to 8-2 on clay this season.
"He made it very difficult for me. Honestly, it was demanding in
a lot of ways. I had to bring out the best out of my game,"
Tsitsipas said. "He wasn't missing much. Of course, he's someone
that covers and runs around the court pretty well."
Tsitsipas gets Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the Round of
16. Miralles defeated Russian's Roman Safiullin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to
advance. Miralles advances to the fourth round of an ATP 1000
event for the first time in his career.
In other action, No. 8 Taylor Fritz needed just 90 minutes to
oust Chilean Cristian Garin 6-1, 7-6 (4). However, ninth-seeded
Frances Tiafoe dropped a 6-1, 7-6 (2) decision to Pedro Cachin
of Argentina.
German Jan-Lennard Struff rallied to defeat Dusan Lajovic of
Serbia 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3. And Zhizhen Zhang of China defeated
Britain's Cameron Norrie, the No. 11 seed, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6
(2).
--Field Level Media
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