Daniil Medvedev defeated Dalibor Svrcina 6-2, 6-3 in the round of 32 at the ATP 1000 tournament in Shanghai to reach the round of 16. The Russian is seeded fifth at the event and ranks seventh in the world with 3,560 points. His Czech opponent was unseeded and sits 116th in the rankings with 494 points. The tournament is being played on hard courts, with total prize money of $11.2 million.
The match was settled in two sets. In the first, Medvedev conceded just two games to his opponent, winning 6-2. In the second, Svrcina took one more game but still could not turn things around, falling 6-3 as Medvedev closed out the match 2-0 in sets.
Path Through the Draw
Svrcina reached the main draw through qualifying, beating Billy Harris 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 and Yoshihito Nishioka. In the main draw, he defeated Cameron Norrie 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 and Tomás Martín Etcheverry 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. His matches against Harris, Norrie, and Etcheverry all went the distance over three sets, while his meeting with Medvedev was wrapped up in straight sets. Match statistics provided by api.tennis.