Daniil Medvedev booked his place in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open after easing his way past Argentine Thiago Agustin Tirante at Stadio Centrale on Monday. 

Medvedev needed one hour and 22 minutes to confirm his 6-3 6-2 win, which tees up a clash with lucky loser Martin Landaluce, who beat Hamad Medjedovic earlier in the day. 

But it was Tirante who made the faster start as he broke Medvedev's serve in the opening game of the match, only for the seventh seed to return the favour immediately after. 

Medvedev then had to save a break point in a hard-fought fifth game before getting the better of Tirante's serve a game later, which helped him take the early advantage. 

The second set started with a flurry from Medvedev, who opened with a break of serve, though the Russian squandered the chance to surge into a 3-0 lead soon after. 

But Medvedev regained his composure and was on the brink of a place in the last eight, but against the serve, Tirante defended brilliantly to save three match points. 

However, Tirante only delayed the inevitable as Medvedev ended a short rally with a deft shot at the net, which sealed his 23rd victory of the 2026 season so far. 

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After being put through his paces by Spanish qualifier Pablo Llamas Ruiz in the previous round, Medvedev enjoyed a more comfortable outing this time around, and in doing so booked his spot in yet another quarter-final. 

Medvedev is just the third active player to reach multiple quarter-finals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 events, after Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev.

In addition, only Jannik Sinner and Zverev have claimed more ATP Masters 1000 match wins than Medvedev's 101 since the start of the 2020 season, and he will be hoping to add to that tally in Rome.