Russia’s Daniil Medvedev reached the quarterfinals of the World Tennis Championship in Los Cabos after beating Australia’s Rinki Higekata 6-4, 6-3 in a match that lasted over 90 minutes.

This victory will be Medvedev’s 250th in his career, as in the next round he will face Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis, who defeated Argentine Facundo Banez 7-6, 6-3.

Medvedev played his first tournament since exiting the quarter-finals in Mallorca, Spain last June, before missing Wimbledon due to a ban on players from Russia and Belarus as a result of the Russian military operation against Ukraine. .

Canadian runner-up Felix Auger-Aliassim also beat Mexico’s Juan Alejandro Hernandez 6-3, 7-5, Britain’s Cameron Norrie beat Thailand’s Chong Hsien Tsing 6-3, 6-2, and American Brandon Nakashima beat Australia’s Max Purcell 6 -3. , 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals.