It’s been a year of milestones for Daniil Medvedev—first man outside the Big 4 to reach the Top 2 on the ATP rankings since 2005, also the first Russian man to win a Grand Slam title since 2005 with his victory at the US Open.

And on Monday night Medvedev reached another milestone, battling back from 4-2 down in the second set to beat Filip Krajinovic in the third round of Indian Wells, 6-2, 7-6 (1), and record his 50th win of the year.

“I didn’t know before—they told on the court it was my 50th win of the season,” the No. 2-ranked Russian said in his on-court interview.

“I’m really happy that I managed to get 50.”

Medvedev, who’s now 50-10 on the year, is the second player, male or female, to reach 50 tour-level wins this year. Stefanos Tsitsipas is the other—the Greek is 52-15 going into his third-round match against Fabio Fognini on Tuesday night.

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