Daniil Medvedev shook off a mid-match ankle injury to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals with a gutsy 6-7 7-6 7-5 victory over Germany’s Alexander Zverev on Tuesday, extending his winning streak to 17 matches.
It was an impressive effort from the fifth-seeded Russian whose tournament appeared over when he crashed to the court in the second set with what initially appeared to be a serious ankle injury.
While Medvedev was able to continue and advance to the Indian Wells last eight for the first time, he said that he now expected to feel considerable pain and would likely have a scan on the ankle to assess the damage.
Elsewhere on Tuesday, Britain’s Cameron Norrie defeated sixth seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets, 6-2 6-4.
Fourth seed Taylor Fritz powered past Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-4 6-3, and Frances Tiafoe put away Alejandro Tabilo 6-4 6-4
