PALMA, Spain — Prime-ranked Daniil Medvedev will stay and not using a title on grass this season after a straight-sets loss to Roberto Bautista Agut within the quarterfinals of the Mallorca Championships on Thursday.
Medvedev misplaced 6-3, 6-2 after coming into the match with an 8-2 file on the floor for the yr, along with his losses coming in consecutive finals in Germany and the Netherlands.
Medvedev, who won’t play at Wimbledon due to the ban on Russians over the struggle in Ukraine, wanted to come back from behind to get previous Aslan Karatsev within the spherical of 16 on Wednesday.
Medvedev had just one break alternative towards the Twentieth-ranked Bautista Agut, who had superior with out having to play within the final 16 as a result of Nick Kyrgios withdrew with an stomach damage.
Second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas had cruised into the quarterfinals however wanted three units towards American Marcos Giron to make it to the final 4 on Thursday. His 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3 victory got here in additional than 2½ hours.
“It was quite a lot of work at present. It was not straightforward,” Tsitsipas stated. “I needed to cope with the warmth, needed to cope with my opponent enjoying nice. It was a giant bodily effort. I had the preventing spirit.”
The sixth-ranked Greek, who leads the tour with 38 wins this season, will subsequent face Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi, who defeated Germany’s Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-4.
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