Medvedev Defeats Walton in Almaty: 12th Quarterfinal of the Season Upcoming for the Russian

Daniil Medvedev held his ground against Adam Walton in the round of 16 at the Almaty tournament.

As the number 2 seed, Daniil Medvedev is one of the serious contenders to win the title at the ATP 250 tournament in Almaty. In Kazakhstan, the Russian, ranked 14th in the world, hopes to finally claim a title, as he has been seeking a trophy on the main tour since the spring of 2023.

For his opening match, the 29-year-old player faced Adam Walton, a few months after their encounter at the Cincinnati Masters 1000 (6-7, 6-4, 6-1 in favor of Medvedev in the second round).

The match was tight. In the first set, both players held their serves well until the end of the set, when Medvedev chose to break at 5-5. Without conceding a single break point, Medvedev managed to take the first set in one go.

In the second set, the Australian responded and broke to lead 4-1. But Medvedev then came back to level the score before winning the match after a one-sided tie-break, which he won 7-0 (7-5, 7-6 in 1 hour and 43 minutes).

The Russian advances to the quarterfinals, where he will face Fabian Marozsan on Friday, who defeated Brandon Nakashima on Wednesday (7-6, 6-1). This is the 12th time this season that Medvedev has reached the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament, but he has only reached the final once, which was in Halle in June.

At that time, he lost to Alexander Bublik and hopes to break the curse in this tournament, as he hasn't experienced the joy of a title since the Rome Masters 1000 two years ago. On the tour, only Alcaraz (13 times) has reached more quarterfinals in 2025 than the Russian.