Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev, a new winner of the recent US Open, was eliminated in the Round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells after suffering a spectacular comeback from the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
Medvedev, the top seed of the tournament, took the first set emphatically and dominated the second 4-1 when he conceded an unusual eight games in a row from which he could not recover.
Dimitrov, the 23rd seed, took the victory by a final score of 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3 in two hours and 14 minutes of play.
The Russian was the big favorite of the tournament in the absence of world number one Novak Djokovic, whom Medvedev beat in September in the US Open final, preventing him from completing a full Grand Slam title in 2021.
Dimitrov, whose eighth and last ATP trophy dates from 2017, will face in the quarterfinals Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, eighth seed and champion of the past Masters 1000 in Miami.
With the defeat of Medvedev, the two winners of the last US Open are left out of Indian Wells, since Young British Emma Raducanu was eliminated in her debut by Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
The world number two landed in the desert Indian Wells (California) with the poster of great favorite after his shocking victory against Djokovic at Flushing Meadows, where he won his long-awaited first Grand Slam title.
JL
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