Two-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev has defeated Portugal’s Nuno Borges to book a place in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
The Russian third seed was made to work hard by the courageous world number 69 before getting over the line 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-1 after more than three hours on Rod Laver Arena.
He will meet Polish ninth seed Hubert Hurkacz for a place in the last four. Before this year’s Australian Open, Borges had never won back-to-back Tour-level matches outside of Davis Cup and his lack of pedigree was ultimately exposed.
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The key difference was the unforced error count, with Borges making 66 to Medvedev’s 34.
But it was nevertheless a sterling effort by the 26-year-old, who was the first Portuguese player ever through to the second week in Melbourne.
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