Russian Medvedev on the refusal of the Czech Legechka for the first time in his career reached the 1/4 finals of Wimbledon
Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon 2023 for the first time in his career. This is reported by the correspondent of “Lenta.ru”.
The third racket of the world went into the next round on the refusal of the Czech Jiri Legechka to continue the meeting of the fourth round. The match ended with the score 6:4, 6:2 in favor of the Russian. Tennis players spent 1 hour and 30 minutes on the court.
Medvedev will have to compete with the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and American Christopher Eubanks for reaching the semi-finals. Previously, Medvedev’s best result at Wimbledon was reaching the fourth round in 2021.
On March 31, the UK Lawn Tennis Association, which organizes Wimbledon, allowed Russian and Belarusian tennis players who signed a “declaration of neutrality” to participate in the 2023 tournament. Later, information appeared that the athletes agreed to this condition.
Source: Lenta
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