US Open tennis 2021 - Men’s round-up: Daniil Medvedev defeats Pablo Andujar in straight sets
/dnl.eurosport.com/sd/img/placeholder/eurosport_logo_1x1.png){kind=logo}
Updated 03/09/2021 at 21:19 GMT
Russian second seed Daniil Medvedev beat Spanish opponent Pablo Andujar at the US Open on Friday afternoon as he secured his passage to the next round 6-0 6-4 6-3. Elsewhere, Peter Gojowczyk defeated Henri Laaksonen in a 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-4 comeback victory at Flushing Meadows after surviving a first-set scare.
US Open - Andujar v Medvedev match point
Image credit: Eurosport
Second-seed Daniil Medvedev reached the fourth round of the US Open with a 6-0 6-4 6-3 win over Pablo Andujar.
The Russian sent down nine aces with Spaniard Andujar offering nothing in return, and he also committed eight double faults to Medvedev’s single error on his serve.
Medvedev also secured seven break points as he progressed into the next round at Flushing Meadows.
Earlier in the day Peter Gojowczyk defeated Henri Laaksonen, with the German coming from a set down to defeat his Swiss rival 3-6 6-3 6-1 6-4.
Gojowczyk was off his game in the early stages with Laaksonen breaking his rival and looking favourite to win, only for him to rally to win three consecutive sets.
Briton Dan Evans defeated Alexei Popyrin over the course of five sets 4-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(7-1) as the Australian fell apart in the tie-break after forcing the decider, with the 31-year-old Briton setting up a match with Medvedev.
Scan me
Related Topics
Share this article
Advertisement
Advertisement