
Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev defeated Czech player Dalibor Svrcina 6:2, 6:3 in the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai, advancing to face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the next round.
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The Shanghai tournament is an ATP Masters 1000 event, one of the most prestigious categories in professional tennis.
SHANGHAI, October 12. /TASS/. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev defeated Czech tennis player Dalibor Svrcina 6:2, 6:3 in the third round of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament in Shanghai, China, on Monday.
Medvedev will face unseeded Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth round.
Daniil Medvedev, 30, is currently the 6th-ranked player in the world. He has won 24 ATP singles titles, spent 16 weeks as the world's number one player in 2022, and helped Russia win the ATP Cup and Davis Cup in 2021. Russia’s top-ranked tennis player has reached six Grand Slam finals, winning the 2021 US Open, and won the ATP Finals title in 2020.
Dalibor Svrcina, 24, is No. 126 in the ATP rankings. He has not won any ATP Tour titles. Svrcina’s best Grand Slam results have been second-round appearances.
The Shanghai tournament is an ATP Masters 1000 event, with only the Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP Finals ranking higher in prestige. The total prize pool is $9.4 million. Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot won the title last year. Russian players Nikolay Davydenko (2009) and Medvedev (2019) have also won the tournament.
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Medvedev to play Tsitsipas in the fourth round
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