Top seed Medvedev sees off Ivashka in Halle Open

Halle (Germany), June 16 : Top seed Daniil Medvedev defeated Ilya Ivashka 7-6(4), 6-3 at the ATP 500 event in Halle Open here on Thursday.Medvedev was pleased to prevail in another high-quality clash with Belarusian Ivashka, who was aiming to reach his fourth quarterfinal of the season on the Halle grass.

The Russian backed up his straight-sets quarterfinal win over the World No.42 Ivashka at the Libema Open in s-Hertogenbosch last week with a victory.However, it was by no means plain sailing for the World No.1, who fended off three set points at 4-5 in the opening set before going on to clinch it in a tie-break.Things were more comfortable for Medvedev in the second set, when a series of finely-crafted passing shots were the highlight as he wrapped up a one-hour, 36-minute victory to improve his career match record on grass to 30-15.

Medvedev will now face seventh seed Roberto Bautista Agut or qualifier Tallon Griekspoor in his maiden quarterfinal appearance in Halle."He is a great player," said the 26-year-old after he improved his lead in the pairs ATP Head2Head series to 3-1."He had a lot of bad luck with injuries at the beginning of the season.At the end of last season he was playing really great tennis.

Ive known him since I was very young, we actually played (each other) in Futures, Challengers, and on the ATP Tour.He beat me once in Davis Cup, which is a really important tournament.So he knows how to play tennis, he knows how to play well on grass, so Im really happy that two times in a row I managed to pass a tough test," he said.inj #seed #Medvedev #Ivashka #Halle.

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