In the early morning of April 1, Beijing time, the ATP1000 Miami Masters men's singles quarterfinals began to compete, and the top seed Medvedev and the defending champion Hulkac met. The two sides have met three times before, with Medvedev having the upper hand with 2 wins and 1 loss. Today's match between the two sides fought fiercely in two sets, hulkach eliminated Medvedev 2-0, reaching the masters final four for the third time in his career, while blocking Medvedev's desire to return to the world number one.
In the first set, Hulkach took the lead in the second set to complete the break and opened with a 3-0 lead. Medvedev saved break points in the 6th set and Hulkach defused 2 consecutive break points in the 7th set. In the 8th set, Medvedev withstood the pressure and broke to save two consecutive match points. In the 9th set, Medvedev broke the opponent's serve to win the set, after which both sides saved their own serves, and the first set went into the seventh set. The two sides competed fiercely for the seventh set, with Hulkach narrowly winning 9-7 to win the first set.
In the second set, Medvedev saved two break point opportunities in the first set, and in the fifth set Medvedev was in a bitter battle on the serve, Hulkach cashed in on the sixth break point, and then Hulkac saved a 4-2 lead. Medvedev lost again in the 9th set, and Hulkach won the second set 6-3 after a break.
In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 3 minutes, the No. 8 seed Hulkach defeated the top seed Medvedev 7-6 (7)/6-3 to reach the final four of the tournament. In the semi-finals, Hulkach will face the winner between Alcaraz and Kezmanovic. Medvedev regrettably stopped in the quarterfinals in Miami, just one step away from returning to world number one. Next week he will continue to rank behind Djokovic next week with a 10-point deficit, and Djokovic's world first week count can add up to at least 365 weeks.