• Wawrinka ousts No 4 in five sets to reach last eight• Zverev beats Andrey Rublev in three setsFormer champion Stan Wawrinka emerged from a mid-match loss of confidence to battle past the
Russian fourth seed Daniil Medvedev to reach the
Australian Open quarter-finals with a 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 victory yesterday.
Medvedev, 23, arrived in Melbourne after a 2019 season featuring four titles and a Tour-leading 59 match wins and came into Monday’s contest against Wawrinka having won both career meetings at grand slams in four sets, including at last year’s US Open. But the Russian failed to find a way past the battling 2014
Australian Open champion, ending up the highest seed to fall in the men’s draw so far.