'It's amazing!', Russian trio make last eight at Melbourne Park

MELBOURNE: Russia's 16-year wait for a men's Grand Slam singles champion may not come to an end next Sunday but you would not bet on it lasting too long after Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev reached the last eight of the Australian Open.

"It's definitely one Russian in the semis, three Russians in the quarters ... It's great for our sport." Medvedev has looked most likely to make the Grand Slam breakthrough over the last couple of years and extended his impressive winning streak to 18 matches with Monday's victory over Mackenzie McDonald.To break the Russian drought in Melbourne this year, however, he will have to get past Rublev in a mouth-watering quarter-final on Wednesday.

"Of course he knows my game, I know his game, but in the end you still need to face each other to see the reality, to see the atmosphere, to see how the things are working or not working, how you're feeling, and then you adapt."

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