Rome Masters: Paul reaches last eight, defending champion Medvedev latest to fall
Tommy Paul beat Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday evening. He’ll face Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 7 seed, in the next round
American Tommy Paul, the No 14 seed, moved into the last eight of the Rome Masters by beating Russian Daniil Medvedev, the second seed, 6-1, 6-4 at the Foro Italico in Rome on Tuesday evening.
This is Paul’s first win over Medvedev in four previous meetings, and his first win on clay against an opponent ranked in the Top 20.
Paul, ranked No 16, will face Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 7 seed, next.
The American won against Russian Aslan Karatsev (6-4, 6-2) and German Dominik Koepfer (6-4, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the Italian Open.
Earlier in the tournament, Medvedev, ranked No 4, won against Jack Draper (7-5, 6-4) and edged out Serb qualifier Hamad Medjedovic (7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-5).
He has still never defended a title in his career.
Roma Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.877.020, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alex De Minaur: tuesday
- Hubert Hurkacz beat Sebastian Baez (17): 5-7, 7-6, 6-4
- Nicolas Jarry (21) beat Alexandre Muller (Q): 7-5, 6-3
- Alexander Zverev (3) beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 7-5
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Thiago Monteiro (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (11) beat Grigor Dimitrov (8): 6-2, 6-7 (11), 6-1
- Alejandro Tabilo (29) beat Karen Khachanov (16): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (10)
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