Friday's results at the St. Petersburg Open, Medvedev battles past countryman Rublev

After the quarterfinal matches at the St. Petersburg Open, that were played during the fifth day, we know the last 4 players who will fight for the title.

Fourth-seeded Borna Corics and 8th seeded Casper Ruud were the first players to stand on the court. They were also the only players who played more than 2 sets during the fifth day of play. Ruud won 6-3 in the first set, but Coric managed to turn the match after winning the second set 7-5 and third 6-3.

The sixth seeded Mikhail Kukushkin and Joao Sousa from Portugal met in the second match. The turning point of this match was the tie-break of the first set, where Sousa managed to convert his fifth set ball and won it 10-8. In the second set, the Portuguese already dominated, taking the opponent's service twice and winning it 6-2.

The biggest surprise of the fifth day was seen in the third match, in which the US Open semifinalist Matteo Berrettini and qualifier Egor Gerasimov met. We didn't see a break in the match when Gerasimov won both sets in a tie-break. Gerasimov has already added 11th win in the last 12 matches to his account.

The quarterfinal round culminated in a match between two home-crowd favourites, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev. Medvedev managed to follow on the great form from the US Open against his fellow countryman by winning 6-4 and 7-5 and advanced to the semifinal, where he meets Egor Gerasimov.

Full Day 5 results at the St. Petersburg Open: