It is definitely not a good year for Daniil Medvedev. The Russian, former world of the world, showed again that it remains far from its best level and fell in the third round of the 1000 Masters of Toronto After being overcome (5-7, 6-4, 6-4) by the current champion, Alexei Popyryn.
The Australian reacted to a bad start to end up imposing his powerful serve to achieve the ticket to the round of 16, where You will see them with the Danish Holger Rune (5)which imposed French Alexandre Muller 6-2, 6-4.
For its part, Francisco Cerúndo him won the duel between Argentine players by defeating Tomás Martín Etcheverrywhile the head of series number 1, Alexander Zverev, won the Italian Matteo Arnaldi and won his 500 victory.
Cerúndo won Etcheverry (60) in two sets 6-3 and 6-4 In 110 minutes, despite the abdominal pain he suffered during the game. With the victory, the number 24 of the world is placed in the round of 16, its best result in Toronto.
The Argentine He will now face the head of series number 1 of the tournament, Alexander Zverevwhich won this Thursday against Arnaldi his 500 victory by defeating Italian in three sets: 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2.
Ceruing it in favor of the story, since it has won the three games that both have played so far.
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Zverev becomes the fifth active player to get 500 wins and the seventh that has reached that milestone in this century, behind names such as Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer.
In addition, it is the third German that achieves 500 victories in the modern history of tennis: its name now joins those of Boris Becker and Tommy Haas.
The Arnaldi compatriot and head of series number 3 in Toronto, Lorenzo Musetti (10), starred in the big surprise of the day when he fell defeated against American Alex Michelsen in three sets 3-6, 7-6 (7) and 6-4.
In other results of the day, the Norwegian Casper Ruud won the Portuguese Nuno Borges in two sets and the Russian Karen Khachanov won the American Emilio Nava.
