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Daniil Medvedev advances to Miami Open quarterfinals over Jenson Brooksby, closes in on return to No. 1

Daniil Medvedev is one victory away from returning to No. 1. And Naomi Osaka is two wins away from being a tournament champion again.

Shaking off a slow start, the top-seeded Medvedev reached the quarterfinals of the Miami Open on Tuesday by defeating Jenson Brooksby of the United States 7-5, 6-1.

Medvedev has yet to drop a set in his three Miami matches. He’ll face No. 8 seed and defending Miami champion Hubert Hurkacz in the quarters — and if Medvedev prevails there, he’ll be assured of supplanting Novak Djokovic and returning to No. 1 in the world.

“I’m not the kind of guy who’s going to say, ‘Yeah, I’m the best,'” Medvedev said.

The computer might say it for him soon enough.

The Russian held the No. 1 ranking briefly, lost it to Djokovic again about a week ago and now is closing in on capturing it again.

Brooksby jumped out to an immediate lead Tuesday, breaking Medvedev’s first service game, and wound up serving for the first set — two points away at 5-4, 30-15.

It was all Medvedev from there.

Medvedev gained 11 of the remaining 13 points in the set, breaking Brooksby to tie it up, holding at love for 6-5 and then breaking again to finish off the 7-5 win.

The second set was never in doubt, with Medvedev running out to a 3-0 lead and winning 16 of the 19 points played on his serve. “Jenson has the potential to be a top player,” Medvedev said. “When you say top, you never know — No. 1, No. 3 or No. 10 — but he’s a really good player and I think he’s playing better than his ranking.”

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