Medvedev failed to reach the quarterfinals of the Doha tennis tournament

Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev failed to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP-500 tournament in Doha (Qatar) on February 18.

In the second round match, the former world number one lost to the representative of Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas. The match lasted two sets and ended with a score of 6:3, 6:4 in favor of the Greek athlete. Medvedev was seeded fourth at the tournament, while Tsitsipas is playing without a seeding number this time.

In the next round, Tsitsipas will face the winner of the showdown between Russian Andrey Rublev and Hungarian Fabian Marojan. Rublev is the current winner of the Doha competition, he also won in 2020.

Departure of the first: Medvedev and Andreeva failed to make it to the 1/4 Australian Open

Daniil lost to Lerner Tien, Mirra lost to Elina Svitolina.

On February 16, Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva dropped two places in the updated version of the Women's Tennis Association championship race. She is now ranked seventh. The winner of the Australian Open, Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan, retains the leadership in the championship race.

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