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\n\tINDIAN WELLS, California: Russia\u2019s Daniil Medvedev shook off a day of rain delays to beat Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-0 on Tuesday and reach the quarterfinals at Indian Wells, where he\u2019s vying to improve on runner-up finishes the past two years.<\/p>\n
\n\tTaking the court around 10:00 pm, four hours after he was slated to open the night session on Stadium Court, Medvedev took full advantage of Paul\u2019s 31 unforced errors.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt wasn\u2019t an easy preparation,\u201d Medvedev said. \u201cWe both were here early and then rain, rain, rain. I think we both went in rusty, he a little bit more than I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tPaul had his opportunities, rallying after Medvedev jumped to a 4-0 lead to win four straight games.<\/p>\n
\n\tBut Medvedev won the next eight \u2014 pocketing the first set on a pair of Paul forehand errors then racing through the second to seal it with one final break of the American\u2019s serve.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cPretty strange score,\u201d Medvedev said. \u201cWhoever won some games won them in a row.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tMedvedev, who fell to Carlos Alcaraz in each of the last two finals, next faces France\u2019s Arthur Fils, a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 winner over American Marcos Giron in a match halted for more than three hours by rain in the first set.<\/p>\n
\n\tWomen\u2019s defending champion Iga Swiatek had to wait out a near-hour delay before getting started, but once she did she produced another brutally efficient 6-1, 6-1 victory over Karolina Muchova, beating the worst of the weather.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe world No. 2 from Poland needed just 57 minutes to put away Muchova, who took her to three sets in the 2023 French Open final.<\/p>\n
\n\tSwiatek, the 2022 and 2024 winner, didn\u2019t face a break point as she continued her bid to become the first woman to win three titles in the California desert.<\/p>\n
\n\tShe said the weather was an extra spur to finish it quickly, especially after the rain came again near the end of the contest.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOn last two games it was a bit slippery already, but I really wanted to finish. So I kind of played more risky, but the shots were still in,\u201d said Swiatek, who will face China\u2019s Zheng Qinwen for a place in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
\n\tZheng rolled past Ukraine\u2019s Marta Kostyuk 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe off-and-on showers caused multiple delays.<\/p>\n
\n\tUkraine\u2019s Elina Svitolina, ranked 23rd, shrugged off the three-hour stoppage at the start of her third set to upset world No. 4 Jessica Pegula 5-7, 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cDefinitely was not easy with all the conditions and the rain, stop and start,\u201d Svitolina said. \u201cWarmed up maybe like 10 times today.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tSvitolina booked a meeting with 17-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva, who beat 2023 Indian Wells champion Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n
\n\tAndreeva has now won two matches in three weeks against world number seven Rybakina \u2014 a former Wimbledon champion. She beat Rybakina in the semifinals in Dubai on the way to becoming the youngest ever WTA 1000 champion.<\/p>\n
\n\tIn other men\u2019s matches, Denmark\u2019s Holger Rune beat in-form Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4.<\/p>\n
\n\tGreece\u2019s Tsitsipas was coming off his first title in nearly a year in Dubai last month, but Rune, ranked 13th, snapped the world No. 9\u2019s seven-match ATP win streak with an aggressive game that included 22 winners.<\/p>\n
\n\tUp 4-3 in the second set, Rune saved a break point with a dazzling between-the-legs shot, racing back to the baseline after a Tsitsipas lob and batting the tweener that dropped perfectly to deny the Greek.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cMentally, I was very, very good,\u201d Rune said. \u201cI think that\u2019s what made the difference \u2014 how composed I was able to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tRune next faces 43rd-ranked Tallon Griekspoor, who upset top seed Alexander Zverev in the second round.<\/p>\n
\n\tGriekspoor also made a belated start and waited out a second-set delay in his 7-6 (7\/4) 6-1 victory over Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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