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Patna : Top Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia,; 2nd seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece; 3rd seed Alexander Zverev, 24, Germany, and 4th seed Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, have reached the quarter-finals of Western & Southern Open, an ATP Masters 1,000 hardcourt event at Cincinati, Ohio, USA.
World No 2 Medvedev beat World No 21 Grigor Dimitrov, 30, Bulgaria, in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 in Round of 16 in 1hr 29 minutes winning 4 games in a row during the match besides firing 7 Aces on August 19, 2021, night. The Russian won 4 break points in the match to 1 by the Bulgarian. Dimitrov committed 5 double faults in the match to 2 by the Russian. Medvedev won 68 points during the match to 51 by Dimitrov. Medvedev will face 7th seed Pablo Carreno Busta, 30, Spain, in QF on August 20, 2021, late night.
World No 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated World No 27 Lorenzo Sonego, 26, Italy, in a three-set thriller 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in 2hr 25 minutes in Round of 16 rallying back from one set down. Both the players won 3 games each in a row during the match. The Italian fired 9 Aces in the match to 7 by Tsitsipas. The Greek won 2 break points during the match to 1 by the Italian. Tsitsipas, in all, won 100 points during the match to 89 by the Italian. Tsitsipas will face 12th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, 21, Canada, in QF.
World No 5 Zverev defeated World No 93 Guido Pella, 31, Argentina, 6-2, 6-3 in Round of 16 in 73 minutes winning 4 break points and 3 games in a row during the match. Zverev hammered 8 Aces during the match to 3 by Pella. Zverev will face 8th seed Casper Ruud, 22, Norway in QF.
World No 7 Andrey Rublev beat World No 22 Gael Monfils, 34, France, 7-6, 7-6 in Round of 16 in 1hr 48 minutes. Monfils fired 6 Aces in the match to 3 by the Russian. But, Monfils also committed 7 double faults during the match. Both the players won 3 break points each during the match. Both of them also won 2 games each in a row during the match. Rublev, in all, won 83 points in the match to 75 by the Frenchman.
World No 50 Benoit Paire, 32, France, also entered the QFs of the event defeating World No 26 John Isner, 36, USA, in three-sets 7-6, 6-7, 6-1 in Round of 16 . Isner hammered 18 Aces in the match to 16 by Paire.The Frenchman though committed 20 double faults during the match to 6 by the American. But, Paire won 4 break points during the match to 1 by Isner. He won 4 games in a row to 3 by the American. Paire will face Rublev in QF.
7th Seed PabloCarreno Busta, Spain, beat 9th seed Hubert Hurkacz, 24, Poland, 7-6, 7-6 in Round of 16 to reach QF of the event. Hurkacz though hammered 14 Aces during the match to 7 by Busta. Both the players won 1 break point each during the match. Busta won both the tiebreaks.