Daniil Medvedev knocked out by Holger Rune in straight sets in Monte Carlo quarter-finals

Holger Rune is through to the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals after beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3 6-4. In what was their first meeting on the ATP tour, Rune overcame the No. 3 seed who looked fatigued after a lengthy incident-filled match with Alexander Zverev on Thursday evening.

Ad After winning the quarter-final clash in one hour and 17 minutes, Rune — whose career best result in Monte Carlo was the second round before this year — will play either Lorenzo Musetti or Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals. ATP Monte CarloZverev calls Medvedev 'one of the most unfair players in the world'4 HOURS AGO «It wasn't easy for sure,» Rune said reflecting on the win against arguably the ATP tour's most in-form player in 2023. «It's actually my first time playing him in a real match, but we practice together and I have huge respect for everything he has done.

»It was not easy to stop him but I'm happy I managed to do it. This court… it's very nice to play here. «His serve is huge and he can hit every target.

It's very faultless. When it's in and on the line there is nothing you can do. You just have to accept it and try to see what chance you can get and see if you can take it.» Flawless Fritz shocks defending champion Tsitsipas to reach semi-finals Zverev calls Medvedev 'one of the most unfair players in the world' Rune took the first break in the opening set with a forehand winner at the net to move into a commanding 3-1 lead.

At 5-2 down, Medvedev whacked a ball against the back wall in frustration before Rune wrapped up a confident first set in 34 minutes. Rune hit eight winners in the opener compared to Medvedev's three with the Russian unable to even register a break point. In the second set, Rune went a break up to take a 2-1 lead