Australian Open: Daniil Medvedev beats Maxime Cressy to reach quarter-finals
Daniil Medvedev showed again why he is the man to beat at the Australian Open with a fighting success over Maxime Cressy in the Melbourne heat.
The Russian second seed arrived at the quarter-finals with a 6-2 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 triumph over the American.
Medvedev was disappointed by 24-year-old Cressy's obstruction, requiring his 10th break highlight at last assume responsibility for the fourth set and the match.
"I've played more earnestly matches however this was long. It was difficult," he said.
"The fourth set was insane. Each time I had a break point he would have second serves and hit the line. I was unable to bring them back."
The 25-year-old proceeds to confront Canadian 10th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, who saw off 27th seed Marin Cilic of Croatia in his fourth-round match.
Drill Aliassime, who took out Britain's Dan Evans in the past round, won 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 7-6 (7-4).
Italian eleventh seed Jannik Sinner likewise advanced, winning in straight sets against Australian 32nd seed Alex de Minaur to arrive at his first quarter-last in Melbourne.
The 20-year-old won 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena and will play Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or American twentieth seed Taylor Fritz in the last eight.
Medvedev comes through 'most unfortunate day of my life'
Medvedev, who won his lady Grand Slam title at the US Open in September, is the most elevated seed in the men's singles due to Novak Djokovic's nonappearance.
The Serb world number one was not permitted to play at Melbourne Park after he was extradited from Australia since he was unvaccinated for Covid-19.
Medvedev dropped a set in his second-round match against home most loved Nick Kyrgios, however this fight against world number 70 Cressy left him significantly more disappointed.
In the wake of winning the initial two sets, it appeared Medvedev was going towards the quarter-finals when he drove by a smaller than expected break at 4-3 in the third-set tie-break.
Yet, Cressy swung energy back his direction by winning both of the accompanying focuses on Medvedev's serve.
The serve-and-volleying American set aside a forehand at the net and afterward pounded a rankling champ past the Russian en route to compelling a fourth set.
Interestingly since the initial set, Medvedev constrained a break point in an extensive third game however couldn't accept it as Cressy hung on.
Medvedev's disappointment started to show.
In the wake of yelling "this is so exhausting" before Cressy held for 2-1, the Russian grumbled at the changeover that his adversary was taking excessively long with his serves and guaranteed the 25-second shot clock was not being applied as expected.
That inconvenience was directed into a 45-second hold to cherish, trailed by setting out three tear open doors for a 3-2 lead.
Cressy has won nine matches such a long ways in 2022 and arrived at the primary ATP last of his profession in a warm-up occasion at Melbourne Park before the Grand Slam.
With Medvedev turning out to be progressively shaken, Cressy showed why he has been fruitful by keeping up with his poise and playing keenly.
Cressy endure two more break focuses in the seventh game, prompting Medvedev bemoaning the "most unfortunate day of his life".
However, his tension at long last told in the eleventh game when Medvedev unequivocally broke and served out triumph in three hours and 30 minutes.
