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Patna : World No 4 Daniil Medvedev, 23, Russia, World No 7 Alexander Zverev, 22, Germany, World No 15 Stan Wawrinka, 34, Switzerland, World No 16 Andrey Rublev, 22, Russia, and World N0 26 Nick Kyrgios, 24, Australia, marched into the 4th round of Australian Open (AO) 2020 at Melbourne Park, Victoria, Australia, on January 25, 2020.
Fourth seed Daniil Medvedev beat World No 95 Alexei Popyrin, 20, Australia, in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in third round at Rod Laver Arena winning 5 break points in the match besides winning 5 games in a row. The Russian fired 6 Aces in the match to 8 by Popyrin. The Australian committed 7 double faults in the match to 3 by the Russian. Medvedev won 55 service points in the match to 47 by the Australian.
Alexander Zverev, the 7th seed, beat World No 51 Fernando Verdasco, 36, Spain, in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 at Margaret Court Arena to move into the 4th round. Zverev hammered 15 Aces in the match to 3 by the Spaniard. He won 6 break points to 1 by Verdasco. Zverev also won 4 games in a row in the match to 2 by Verdasco, who had reached AO semi-finals in 2009 and Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2013.
Andrey Rublev, the 17th seed, who has won two ATP titles in 2020, upset World No 11 David Goffin, 29, Belgium, the 11th seed, in four-sets 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, 7-6 in 3rd round. Rublev hammered 14 Aces in the match to 11 by Goffin. Rublev won 4 break points to 5 by Goffin. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match.The Russian won 86 service points in the match to 81 by the Belgian. Rublev will face Alexander Zverev in 4th round on January 27, 2020.
Nick Kyrgios, the 22nd seed, upset World No 17 Karen Khachanov, 23, Russia, in a five-set marathon 6-2, 7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 7-6 in 4 hrs 26 minutes surving a scare. Kyrgios fired 33 Aces in the match to 21 by Khachanov. He committed 4 double faults to 5 by the Russian. The Australian won 3 break points in the match to 1 by Khachanov. Both the players won 2 tie-breaks each in the match as four sets went to tie-break. Kyrgios won 5 games in a row in the match to 3 by the Russian. He won 134 service points to 133 by the Russian. Kyrgios will face World No 1 Rafael Nadal in the 4th round on January 27, 2020. Nadal leads Kyrgios 4-3 Head to Head.
Stan Wawrinka, the winner of three Grand Slam titles including Australian Open in 2014, entered 4th round after his 3rd round opponent John Isner, USA, retired in the 2nd set due to injury trailing 4-6, 1-4. Wawrinka will face World No 4 Daniil Medvedev in 4th round.
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