Medvedev gets crowd onsideside
RUSSIAN title favourite te Daniil Medvedev cruised d into the fourth round at t the Australian Open with h an unruffled straight-sets ts victory over Dutchman an Botic van de Zandschulp p on Saturday.
In sweltering conditions, the world No.2 won 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in 1hr 55min to reach the last 16 for the fourth straight year in Melbourne.
Medvedev was coming off his high-octane win over home favourite Nick Kyrgios.
“I was hoping you were going to be a little bit easier on me, you guys,” Medvedev joked to the crowd, after he was booed by sections of the pro-Kyrgios crowd on Thursday.
“I’ll put it this way, it’s easier to play a guy from the Netherlands than a guy from Australia in Australia in Melbourne.
“Every good relationship must have its ups and downs. So, I think it’s good, it’s entertaining and it’s real, there is some relationship going on.”
The Russian 25-year-old was unhappy with the behaviour of some of the spectators in the stormy Kyrgios match,