OREANDA-NEWS The third racket of the world, Russian Daniil Medvedev, has reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Tennis Championship, which is being held in Melbourne.

In the fourth round match of the tournament, Medvedev, seeded number three, beat Portuguese Nuna Borges (world number 69) with a score 6:3, 7:6 (7:4), 5:7, 6:1. In the third set, the Russian led with a score of 5:2. The athletes spent 3 hours and 7 minutes on the court.

In the quarterfinals, Medvedev will face the winner of the Arthur Cazaux (France, wild card) - Hubert Harkach (Poland, 9) match. The 27-year-old Russian is a finalist at the Australian Open in 2021 and 2022.