On January 24, Beijing time, the fourth round of the Australian Open men's singles competition continued, and the No. 2 seed Medvedev met with the United States' Cressy. After four fierce sets of matches, Medvedev eliminated his opponent 3-1, winning 11 consecutive Grand Slams and advancing to the australian open men's singles quarterfinals for two consecutive years.
Medvedev broke in the first set in the 3rd set before taking a 3-1 lead after holding the serve. In the 7th set, Medvedev broke again in the opponent's serve, and in the 8th set Medvedev successfully saved the serve to win the set and win the first set 6-2.
In the second set, Medvedev defused the late set of the 12th set to save serve, dragging the match into the seventh. Medvedev led the way in seven sets to win the second set 7-4 to win the second set 7-6.
The competition between the two sides in the third set was still very fierce, and the first 12 sets were saved by both sides, and the game was again dragged into the seventh game. In the seven-set match, Cressy scored four consecutive runs at 3-4 to win the third set 7-4.
In the fourth set, Cressy defused the break point in the 3rd set, in the 5th set Cressy defused 3 break points to save the set, and in the 7th game he again defused 2 consecutive break points to save the set. In the 11th set, Medvedev cashed in on the third break point to win the set 6-5. In the 12th set, Medvedev love game saved and won the fourth set with difficulty.
In the final four-set battle that took 3 hours and 30 minutes, the No. 2 seed Medvedev defeated Cressy 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4)/ 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open men's singles. This is the sixth time in Medvedev's career that he has reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam, and the next round Medvedev will face 9th seed Aliassim, who eliminated Cilic in four sets to advance.