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Callum Godde

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Medvedev toils past portuguese to enter open quarters | Mind Blowing Facts

Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev slogged his way to a four-set win over Portugal's Nuno Borges. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Russian superstar Daniil Medvedev has ended the fairytale Australian Open run of unheralded Portuguese Nuno Borges with a far-from-convincing fourth-round win.

Attempting to avenge his gut-wrenching loss to Rafael Nadal in the 2022 Open final, the world No.3 moved into the last eight at Melbourne Park by eking out a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-1 victory on Monday.

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