Daniil Medvedev is simply two wins away from returning to the No.1 spot after his early Indian Wells exit noticed Novak Djokovic shortly return to the highest spot. He’ll play the American Jenson Brooksby, who might be keen to return to getting consideration for his play on court docket versus different actions.
Brooksby can presumably depend himself fortunate to stay within the event after his first spherical outburst right here however has made essentially the most of his reprieve since. In a wild ending to his 6-3 5-7 6-4 win over Roberto Bautista Agut, the American misplaced six video games in a row from 6-3 5-5 earlier than inflicting the exact same on his opponent to take the match from 0-4 within the decider.
Medvedev eased previous Pedro Martinez in his third spherical match, following up his straight units win over Andy Murray with one other. It was a powerful serving efficiency with the Russian including 14 aces within the 6-3 6-4 victory. “I simply felt like I needed to be extra constant, and the extra constant one right this moment would win,” he mentioned after the match. “I managed to simply make a couple of much less errors at vital moments, serve even higher, and it was a small margin however I managed to win and I’m actually pleased.”
It’s onerous to see Medvedev getting too pissed off on this one. Whereas Brooksby is a powerful defensive participant and able to doing loads of working, it’s onerous to think about him having sufficient in key moments to strike on the Russian. The World No. 2 will seemingly have to beat Hubert Hurkacz to substantiate his return to the highest, not the best of asks in opposition to the present Miami champion.
Prediction – Daniil Medvedev in straight units
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