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Medvedev lights the engine in Doha

Daniil seeks to recover the Catarí throne two years later

February 19, 2025

Things can change at full speed in sport and Daniil Medvedev wants to prove it in the Qatar exxonmobil Open of Doha. The former champion, one of the hardest competitors of the locker room, continues to add minutes on his legs with an obvious objective: recover the authority that perched on the top of ATP Tour.

The fourth series head completed one of its most imposing games of the season, overflowing 6-2, 6-1 to the Belgian Zizou Bergs to reach the quarterfinals in the Emirate. With an increasing substantive solidity and a setback that begins to penetrate the track, Medvedev barely needed 57 minutes to get the victory. After demolishing the current Karen Khachanov tournament champion in the initial round, Daniil has confirmed his recovery before one of the revelation figures of the season.

Bergs arrived at the game after reinforcing his authority with a victory against Roberto Bautista Agut, underlining the enormous moment of play. The Belgian, who competes this week in the best position of his career as No. 58 World Cup, sought to extend a sensational course in which he reached his first ATP Tour final in Auckland last January.

Now, Medvedev will have to sharpen their blows to definitively get into the fight for the title. The World Cup No. 6, which does not raise a trophy since the Rome Cup raised in the 2023 season, will measure Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals. The Canadian did not have to jump on the track this Wednesday due to the withdrawal due to the lesion of the Serbian Hamad Medjedovic.

Medvedev seeks to straighten the course in 2025, with the aim of exercising again as one of the most stable players in ATP Tour. After facing his second paternity in the middle of the preseason, Medvedev has signed a start of the year away from the definitive rounds. Leaving behind an oceanic tour in which he failed to chain victories, Daniil has managed to go up steps on the stairs. After signing the Marseille semifinals last week, approaching the fight for the Cup, he will also try to land in the penultimate Ronda del Emiato.

On a day full of protagonists, the big names enforced their authority on Doha’s slopes. Alex de Miñaur’s second head imposed his vertiginous tennis (6-4, 6-4) to manage the Dutch Botic Van de Zandschulp. The Australian, Victorias leader this season, will face in the quarterfinals the former champion Andrey Rublev, winner 6-3, 6-4 against Portuguese Nuno Borges.

In addition, the eighth favorite Jack Draper clearly overflowed 6-2, 6-1 to Christopher O’Connell in just 59 minutes of play. The British, a tactical danger with his left -handed game in Doha, seeks this week the second ATP 500 title of his career.