The meeting lasted 1 hour 47 minutes and ended with a score of 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 2 in favor of the fourth racket of the world.

For reaching the quarterfinals, the Russian will compete with the Swiss Stan Wavrinka, who passed the American John Isner.

Earlier, Veronika Kudermetova and Alison Riske reached the third round of the Australian Open in doubles.