In the second round, Medvedev, who received the third seed, defeated the world number 29 racket, Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, with a score of 6:0, 6:3.
To reach the semifinals of the competition, Medvedev will compete with his compatriot Karen Khachanov, who previously defeated Jack Draper of Great Britain (6: 4, 6: 2).
Meanwhile, at the women’s tournament in Adelaide, Russian tennis player Lyudmila Samsonova failed to reach the quarterfinals. She lost to the Belarusian Arina Sobolenko. The match lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes and ended with two tiebreakers in favor of Sobolenko – 7:6 (10:8), 7:6 (7:3).
