Medvedev sees off in-form Dimitrov to make consecutive Indian Wells quarter-finals

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 4 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells Masters by beating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 13 seed, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday.

The victory sees Medvedev extend his head-to-head against Dimitrov to 7-3, with the Bulgarian becoming the fifth opponent that he has faced 10 or more times across his career.

Medvedev also improves his record in 2024 to 12-2, with both of his losses coming to top 20 players (Jannik Sinner and Ugo Humbert). By making the Indian Wells quarter-final, he has now made 15 hard-court Masters 1000-level quarter-finals, the most out of any player since he first reached this level in 2019.

“Today as soon as we went on the warmup was fast and was in my favor. I was happy about it. I played good. I could serve well. The serve was going through there, et cetera, et cetera. So let’s see at the end of the tournament,” Medvedev told the media after his win. “I really like the place, so I love to come here. To play sometimes it’s trickier, but I want to play well here because I want to like to come back and not be like, oh, my god, Indian Wells again. So far so good. I’m looking forward for more.”

“I have one more chance this year and I’m going to try” – Medvedev hopes to win first Indian Wells title

Indian Wells remains the only Masters on hardcourts that Medvedev has yet to win, but that’s not something he pays a lot of attention to.

“I don’t think about it all because every Masters I play I want to win. I don’t care if it’s not the first time. But as I said, you know, I like Indian Wells so I definitely want to try to win it one time. Last year, was pretty close. The final itself, was very far from winning, but to be in the final it’s close, as close as it gets to getting the trophy. I have one more chance this year and I’m going to try,” the Russian added.

Medvedev, ranked No 4, will face the winner of the match between American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed, and Dane Holger Rune, the No 7 seed, next.

The Russian won against Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena (6-2, 6-3) and American Sebastian Korda, the No 29 seed (6-4, 5-7, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Indian Wells Tennis Masters.

Earlier in the tournament, Dimitrov, ranked No 13, won against Frenchman Alexandre Muller (7-5, 6-2) and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, the No 21 seed (6-3, 6-3).

Indian Wells Masters 1000, other round of 16 results (Indian Wells Tennis Garden, hard, USD 9,495,555):

• Taylor Fritz vs. Holger Rune
• Tommy Paul (17) beat Luca Nardi (LL): 6-4, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (9) beat Gael Monfils: 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (3) beat Ben Shelton (16): 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Alexander Zverev (6) beat Alex De Minaur (10): 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-3, 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (11): 6-2, 6-4