Medvedev manages rain Struff to reach Wimbledon fourth round

pIt took two days and plenty of stops and starts, but a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a finally finished off a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-lennard-struff/sl28/overview'Jan-Lennard Struff/a on Thursday at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a./p

pThe fifth seed battled past the big-hitting German 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3) in two hours and 17 minutes to reach the fourth round at The Championships for his third consecutive appearance. He will play 10th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a for a place in the quarter-finals./p

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pMedvedev, a semi-finalist at SW19 one year ago, has been tested in two straight rounds after being pushed to a fourth-set tie-break by a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexandre-muller/mp20/overview'Alexandre Muller/a. But the former No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings is safely through to the second week./p

pOn Friday, Medvedev moved to within a set of victory. Play was suspended at 1-1 in the fourth set. /p

pIt was not a simple resumption on Saturday, though. Rain interrupted play again at the All England Club, and Struff put himself in position to force a decider when he took a 3/1 lead in the fourth-set tie-break./p

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pBut 20-time tour-level titlist Medvedev buckled down from there and hit a perfect backhand passing shot up the line to triumph on No. 2 Court./p

pMedvedev leads his next opponent, Dimitrov, 7-3 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series. Their most recent clash came earlier this year at Indian Wells, where Medvedev triumphed 6-4, 6-4./p

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