Daniil Medvedev defeats Tommy Paul in streaky Indian Wells fourth-round match | ATP Tour

Match Report

Medvedev streaks previous Paul, Fils reaches first ATP Masters 1000 QF

Medvedev, Fils to face off Thursday in Indian Wells

March 12, 2025

Daniil Medvedev received the primary 4 and the ultimate eight video games towards Tommy Paul on Tuesday night time on the BNP Paribas Open to repeat the outcome from their semi-final showdown final 12 months in Indian Wells. In a 6-4, 6-0 victory that was delayed almost 4 hours by rain, the fifth seed was pegged stage after his opening burst however rapidly regained management towards the error-prone American.

Medvedev is thru to the semi-finals for the third straight time on the ATP Masters 1000 after runner-up finishes in every of the previous two years. The No. 6 within the PIF ATP Rankings was enjoying his first High 20 opponent this season in Paul, towards whom he now holds a 4-1 Lexus ATP Head2Head file.

“We’ve actually had up and down matches so far that we’ve played,” stated Medvedev, who misplaced to the American final 12 months in Rome. “The primary one was actually shut, then he beat me simple and now I managed to beat him a bit simpler.

“I’m happy with my game. It’s not easy to play here. Breaks of serve — of course we still win more serves than we we lose — but breaks of serves don’t mean much here. So even when he came back in the first, I was like, ‘Try pushing, try going further.’ I managed to raise my level during the match, so I’m pretty happy about it.”

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Medvedev transformed six of eight break factors, in accordance with Infosys ATP Stats, making Paul pay for his 31 unforced errors. By to his eightieth tour-level quarter-final and his twenty second on the ATP Masters 1000 stage, he’ll subsequent face Arthur Fils.

“He plays good. I watched his matches here, he’s in good shape,” Medvedev stated of the 20-year-old Frenchman. “In quarter-finals of an ATP Masters 1000 you never get an easy match. We’ll try my best. We only played once [in Vienna in 2023], he was younger, so kind of a different matchup right now. I’ll need to be at my best to try to win.”

Fils defeated dwelling favorite Marcos Giron 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 to advance to his first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final. He’s the second man born in 2004 or later to achieve that stage at a Masters 1000 after Jakub Mensik in Shanghai final October.

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In a winding street to the final eight, the Frenchman saved a match level towards Lorenzo Musetti within the third spherical then navigated two rain delays and a partisan crowd to disclaim the comeback bid of Giron, a Southern California native.

Giron and Paul had been amongst 5 People within the fourth spherical, essentially the most since 2004 in Indian Wells. They had been joined by Taylor Fritz, Brandon Nakashima and Ben Shelton, who will all play Wednesday.