Wimbledon: Medvedev through to last 16, Dimitrov next
Daniil Medvedev edged out Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) on Saturday evening and will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 10 seed, in the next round
Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, edged out German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to reach the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday evening.
Medvedev, ranked No 5, will play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 10 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Russian won against American Aleksandar Kovacevic (6-3, 6-4, 6-2) and edged out Frenchman Alexandre Muller (6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-5).
Struff, ranked No 41, beat Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3) and edged out Chinese Zhizhen Zhang, the No 32 seed (5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (8)) earlier in the tournament.
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Taylor Fritz vs. Alejandro Tabilo: saturday
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Novak Djokovic: saturday
- Holger Rune vs. Quentin Halys
- Francisco Comesana vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Fabio Fognini: 7-6 (6), 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Cameron Norrie: 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (15)
- Ben Shelton (14) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- Arthur Fils beat Roman Safiullin: 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (LL) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Ugo Humbert (16) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 (9), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6)
- Lucas Pouille vs. Alex De Minaur
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Gael Monfils: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Frances Tiafoe (29): 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Alexander Bublik (23): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
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