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Patna : Second seed Rafael Nadal, 34, Spain, 4th seed Daniil Medvedev, 24, Russia, and 7th seed Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, entered the quarter-finals of Australian Open (AO) 2021 winning their respective 4th round matches at Melbourne Park, Australia, easily on February 15, 2021.
Nadal brushed aside 16th seed Fabio Fognini, 33, Italy, in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in 4th round at Rod Laver Arena. Both the players fired 7 Aces each during the match. Nadal’s winning percentage both on his first and second serve ( 79 % & 74 %) was much better than that of Fognini’s ( 63% & 45%).
The Spainiard, the 2009 AO champion and winner of record equalling 20 Grand Slam singles titles, won 6 break points during the match to 2 by the Italian. Nadal won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by Fognini. The Spainiard, in all, won 99 points during the match to 73 by the Italian. Both the players committed 3 double faults each during the match. Nadal now leads Fognini 13-4 Head to Head.
Daniil Medvedev, who recently led Russia to ATP Cup title, beat World No 192 Mackenzie McDonald, 25, USA, in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. World No 4 Medvedev won 6 break points during the match to 1 by McDonald. He also won 5 games in a row to 3 by the American. Medvedev, in all, won 81 points during the match to 60 by the American. The Russian also fired 7 Aces in he match to 1 by McDonald. Both the players committed 2 double faults each during the match.
World No 8 Andrey Rublev entered the QFs after his 4th round opponent Casper Ruud, 22, Norway, the 24th seed, retired in the third set with the Russian leading 6-2, 7-6.