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Patna : World No 25 Cristian Garin, 24, Chile, stunned 2nd seed Daniil Medvedev, 25, Russia, in 3rd round on May 6, 2021, to reach the quarter-finals at Mutua Madrid Open, an ATP Masters 1,000 clay court tournament, at Madrid, Spain. Garin, the 16th seed, battled past World No 3 Medvedev in three-sets 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 third round in 2 hrs 30 minutes winning 3 break points and 5 games in a row during the match.
Garin fired 6 Aces in the match to 4 by the Russian. Medvedev also committed 4 double faults to 1 by the Chilean. Garin, in all, won 106 points during the match to 91 by Medvedev.
World No 44 Alexander Bublik, 23, Kazakhstan, upset World No 27 Aslan karatsev, 27, Russia, 6-4, 6-3 in 3rd round in just 74 minutes to enter QFs of the event. Bublik hammered 14 Aces during the match to just 1 by Karatsev. The Kazakh, however, also committed 9 double faults to 5 by the Russian. Bublik won 3 break points in the match to 1 by the Russian. Bublik also won 3 games in a row during the match. The Kazakh, in all, won 66 points during the match to 55 by Karatsev. Bublik had upset 11th seed Denis Shapovalov, 22, Canada, in 2nd round.