SHANGHAI, October 14. /TASS/. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the fourth round of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament in Shanghai, China.

Medvedev won the match 6:4, 7:5.

Daniil Medvedev, 30, is currently the 6th-ranked player in the world. He has won 24 ATP singles titles, spent 16 weeks as the world's number one player in 2022, and helped Russia win the ATP Cup and Davis Cup in 2021. Russia’s top-ranked tennis player has reached six Grand Slam finals, winning the 2021 US Open, and won the ATP Finals title in 2020.

The Shanghai tournament is an ATP Masters 1000 event, with only the Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP Finals ranking higher in prestige. The total prize pool is $9.4 million. Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot won the title last year. Russian players Nikolay Davydenko (2009) and Medvedev (2019) have also won the tournament.