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Fifth seed Medvedev reaches US Open last 16
NEW YORK, Aug 31, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Russian fifth seed Daniil Medvedev progressed to the US Open last 16 on Friday with a 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 victory over veteran Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.
The in-form Medvedev, who won the ATP Cincinnati Masters and finished runner-up in Montreal and Washington, faces 118th-ranked German qualifier Dominik Koepfer for a quarter-final place.
BSS/AFP/AU/10:55 hrs