{"id":1310,"date":"2023-09-30T22:41:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T02:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/daniil-medvedev-advances-andrey-rublev-upset-at-china-open\/30\/09\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-09-30T22:41:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T02:41:45","slug":"daniil-medvedev-advances-andrey-rublev-upset-at-china-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/daniil-medvedev-advances-andrey-rublev-upset-at-china-open\/30\/09\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev advances, Andrey Rublev upset at China Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BEIJING &#8212; Third-ranked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Daniil Medvedev<\/a> showed composure to overcome a characteristically tenacious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/player\/_\/id\/2651\/alex-de-minaur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alex de Minaur<\/a> on Saturday and secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the China Open.<\/p>\n<p>The second-seeded Medvedev emerged with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win in Beijing, but not before his 12th-ranked Australian opponent had staged a comeback from trailing 5-2 in the first set to force a tiebreaker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s crazy how every time he is down in a match, you know he is going to start playing like he is No. 1 in the world,&#8221; Medvedev said. &#8220;Tough to play against him, a tough victory, but I am happy with my level.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/38526038\/ons-jabeur-wins-ningbo-open-5th-career-title\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/38491700\/maria-sakkari-guadalajara-win-jack-draper-singing-andy-murray-laver-cup\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img style=\"display:block\" class=\"lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=75&resize=75 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=100&resize=100 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=150&resize=150 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=240&resize=240 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=320&resize=320 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=500&resize=500 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=640&resize=640 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=800&resize=800 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=1024&resize=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=1280&resize=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=1600&resize=1600 1600w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Confidence is key. When I am in good shape and good form, I have this ability to win these kinds of matches in straight sets. If I&#8217;m missing just 2% of what I&#8217;m doing right now, that&#8217;s when it&#8217;s tougher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Russian player will next face <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ugo Humbert<\/a> on Monday, after the Frenchman upset fifth-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Andrey Rublev<\/a> 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (3).<\/p>\n<p>Humbert thwarted Rublev&#8217;s attempt to serve out the match at 5-3 in the final set and then completed the comeback victory with a dominant tiebreaker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nicolas Jarry<\/a>, who eliminated fourth-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a> in the previous round, beat qualifier <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Matteo Arnaldi<\/a> 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Eighth-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alexander Zverev<\/a> plays <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<\/a> later Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/38528089\/daniil-medvedev-advances-andrey-rublev-upset-china-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING &mdash; Third-ranked Daniil Medvedev showed composure to overcome a characteristically tenacious Alex de Minaur on Saturday and secure a spot in<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/daniil-medvedev-advances-andrey-rublev-upset-at-china-open\/30\/09\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[1016,1017,231,974,975,725,1018,1019],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}