High seed Taylor Fritz romped into the final 16 on the ATP/WTA DC Open on Wednesday as Russian eighth seed Daniil Medvedev overcame an early scare to advance to the third spherical.
World quantity 4 Fritz, enjoying his first match since dropping to Carlos Alcaraz within the semi-finals at Wimbledon earlier this month, cruised previous Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic 6-3, 6-2 in 59 minutes.
The American dominated Vukic with a strong service sport whereas producing a slew of excellent backhands in a stream of 28 winners to ease into a final 16 conflict in opposition to Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi.
“I felt like I performed fairly nicely throughout, however the shot that stood out was the backhand line,” Fritz advised The Tennis Channel after his win.
“I don’t often like that shot nevertheless it simply felt like each single one I attempted in the present day was getting in.”
Fritz was all the time in charge of his sport in opposition to the present world 105 Vukic, breaking to open up an early 3-0 lead earlier than closing out the primary set.
A equally dominant begin noticed him take a 4-0 lead early within the second earlier than he wrapped up a snug win.
Earlier, Russia’s Medvedev was made to grind by way of a roller-coaster tussle with big-serving US participant Reilly Opelka earlier than coming by way of 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.
After battling to sq. the match within the second set, Medvedev took benefit of Opelka’s shaky serve within the decider to maneuver on.
“I didn’t return nicely till 6-5 within the second however I all the time tried to search for options,” Medvedev mentioned. “Perhaps he received a bit drained with the warmth and the whole lot.
“Proud of the way in which I performed higher and higher throughout the match and searching ahead.”
Medvedev will face China’s Wu Yibing within the final 16 on Thursday.
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