MINSK, 12 March (BelTA) – Belarus' world number 76 Egor Gerasimov lost 2-6, 4-6 to Russia's world number 3 Daniil Medvedev in the Open 13 Provence round of Last 16, BelTA has learned.
The Russian player will play Italy's world number 34 Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinal. Egor Gerasimov reached the round of Last 16 in Marseille moving past Germany's world number 105 Yannick Hanfmann 6-2, 6-0.
Belarus' world number 8 Aryna Sabalenka lost 6-3, 3-6, 2-6 to Spain's world number 16 Garbine Muguruza in the quarterfinal of the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on 11 March.
In the semifinal Garbine Muguruza will face Belgium's world number 18 Elise Mertens.
Aryna Sabalenka kicked off her campaign at the 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-2, 6-4 win over France's world number 59 Alize Cornet and secured her second win against Estonia's world number 24 Anett Kontaveit, 6-3, 6-2.
In the other quarterfinal world number 63 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic cruised past world number 88 Anastasia Potapova of Russia, 6-0, 6-2. The Czech player will face world number 54 Jil Teichmann of Switzerland.
The tournament in Dubai will be over on 13 March, the competitions in Marseille – on 14 March.
