Published: January 7, 2026 at 10:44 pm
Daniil Medvedev maintained his impressive Lexus ATP Head2Head record against Frances Tiafoe on Wednesday at the Brisbane International to reach his 90th tour-level quarterfinal.
Medvedev did not face a break point and won 91 per cent (31/34) of his first-serve points, according to Infosys ATP Stats, on way to recording a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win in 61 minutes.
The top seed, who is chasing his 22nd tour-level trophy this week, now leads Tiafoe 6-1 in the pair’s Head2Head series, with all seven of their meetings coming on hard courts.
“The court is pretty fast so you need to serve well and I am happy with the way I served,” Medvedev said. “I thought I played much better than in the first round, didn’t face a break point, and that puts a lot of pressure on the opponent. I had a couple of good games on his serve and that was enough today.”
Medvedev has fond memories in Brisbane, having advanced to the final in his only other previous appearance in 2019. The No. 13 player in the PIF ATP Rankings has yet to drop a set through his first two matches of 2026 and will aim to continue that form against Kamil Majchrzak. The Pole beat Reilly Opelka 6-7(2), 7-6(7), 7-6(8), saving three match points.
In a battle between good friends, American Alex Michelsen overcame countryman Learner Tien 6-4, 6-2. The 21-year-old Michelsen trained with Tien during their teenage years and has had the better of the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF champion since their first meeting in Jeddah 13 months ago. Michelsen leads Tien 3-1 in their Head2Head series.
Michelsen will meet Sebastian Korda in the quarterfinals. The 25-year-old advanced after the defending champion Jiri Lehecka was forced to retire due to an ankle injury, with Korda leading 6-3, 1-2.
Korda has performed impressively in Australia in the past, reaching the final in Adelaide in 2023 and 2025 and the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 2023.
Standing in Coleman Wong’s way for a semifinal spot at the ATP 250 will be top seed Lorenzo Musetti
Wong continues history-making run at Hong Kong Open
Coleman Wong continued his history-making run at the Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open on Wednesday, when he battled past Gabriel Diallo to secure his quarterfinal spot.
The day after he overcame Mariano Navone to become the first man representing Hong Kong to win a main-draw match in tournament history, the 21-year-old Wong prevailed 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 against Diallo to reach the last eight. The No. 150 in the PIF ATP Rankings, wild card Wong saved 11 of 15 break points he earned, according to Infosys ATP Stats, en route to a two-hour, 29-minute triumph.
“It sounds unreal,” said Wong, when reflecting on becoming the first ATP Tour quarterfinalist from Hong Kong in the Open Era. “So many people came to support me today. Gabriel is such a great player. We pushed each other to the limit and in the end, I was 5-2 but he came back to 5-5. I was like, ‘Wow, I don’t know if I can close this out’. I just kept believing in myself, kept believing in what I’ve been working on these past years.
“It’s not easy to be an athlete from Hong Kong and coming from such a small place. Being in the quarterfinals of an ATP event, I just want to keep going.”
Standing in Wong’s way for a semifinal spot at the ATP 250 will be top seed Lorenzo Musetti. The Italian rallied past Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals in Hong Kong for the second consecutive year.
Musetti now leads Etcheverry 3-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series. The 23-year-old, who finished 2025 with a debut appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals, has risen one spot above Felix Auger-Aliassime to No. 6 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings after winning his Hong Kong opener.
Nuno Borges was also a second-round winner in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The Portuguese downed former World No. 3 Marin Cilic 7-5, 6-3 to set a quarterfinal meeting with 2024 champion and third seed Andrey Rublev, who began his 2026 season by sinking Wu Yibing 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the final match of the day.
