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Love 15: Medvedev’s winning run continues – Australian Open
Russian fourth seed wins his 15th match in succession by cruising past Canada’s Vasek Pospisil for the loss of just eight games.
The Canadian was earmarked as a dangerous first assignment for AO 2021, having beaten the fourth seed last year in Rotterdam.
While Medvedev led the pairs head-to-head ledger 2-1, he only narrowly won 7-6(7) 7-5 in Shanghai in 2019 and in Vienna last October in three sets.
The confidence the world No.4 had built since, however, was telling at Melbourne Park as he romped through in one hours and 47 minutes.
The signs were ominous coming in. Pospisil had found form to round out 2020 with a runner-up…
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