Olympic champion Alexander Zverev (Germany) continues defense of title at single in the tennis tournament at the Paris Games, BTA reported.
Zverev qualified for the quarterfinals after defeating the representative of Australia Alexey Popirin with 7:5, 6:3 and expects a meeting with the 11th ranked Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
The duel with Popyrin lasted an hour and 30 minutes. The German tennis player overcame a deficit of 1:3 and 4:5 in the first set to reach a successful 7:5.
In the second part, Alexander Zverev took a 3:0 lead and ended the match at 6:3.
The 13th-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassim from Canada eliminated the fourth-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev 6:3, 7:6(5) in an hour and 42 minutes of play.
The Canadian made a key break for a 5:3 lead in the first set and won it 6:3, and in the second set it was decided after a tiebreak in which he prevailed with 7-5 points.
The Canadian's next opponent will be sixth-seeded Kasper Ruud from Norway, who prevailed over Argentine Francisco Cerundolo 6:3 6:4.
One break each in both sets was enough for Ruud to overcome Cherundolo's resistance.
Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz have dropped out of the doubles tennis tournament at the Paris Olympics. In the quarterfinals, the Spaniards lost to the number 4 Americans Rajeev Ram and Austin Krycek 2:6, 4: 6.
In the first set, Nadal and Alcaraz conceded two breaks, trailing in the score. In the second part, Krajicek and Rahm won the serve of their rivals for 4:3 and took the decisive step towards the final success in the meeting, which lasted an hour and 39 minutes.
The Spanish duo missed two break points in the tenth game of the match, ending the participation of Nadal and Alcaraz in the doubles tournament in the French capital.
Rahm and Krajicek will play against Tomasz Makhach and Adam Pavlashek in the semi-finals. The Czechs won 3:6, 6:1, 10-5 against the Germans Kevin Krawiec and Tim Puetz.
Rafael Nadal has ended his participation at the Olympics in Paris, while Alcaraz continues in the singles circuit.
Australians John Pearce and Matthew Ebden will also play in the penultimate phase of the tournament after eliminating Germany's Dominik Köpfer and Jan-Lennard Struff 7:6 (2), 7:6 (4).
Coco Gough and Jessica Pegula have finished their participation in the women's doubles tournament. The number 1 ranked American women surprisingly lost 6:2, 4:6, 5-10 against Linda Noskova and Karolina Muhova in a match of the second round.
On Tuesday, Goff was also eliminated in singles after losing to Croatia's Donna Vekic. The American tennis player will play in the mixed doubles competition with her compatriot Taylor Fritz.