Daniil Medvedev storms to 300th hard-court win of career with victory over Zizou Bergs in Doha

A day after a grueling 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 first-round win over Karen Khachanov, Daniil Medvedev had a quicker day at the office in Doha on Wednesday, storming past Zizou Bergs in straight sets in the second round of the newly-upgraded ATP 500 event, 6-2, 6-1.

And with that victory over the Belgian, Medvedev hit a major milestone—it was the 300th hard-court win of his career.

The 2021 US Open champion and former No. 1 is the first man born in 1996 or later—or even 1992 or later—to hit that number.

MOST HARD-COURT WINS, MEN BORN IN 1990 OR LATER (tour-level):

• 312: Grigor Dimitrov [born in 1991]
• 300: Daniil Medvedev [born in 1996]
• 281: Alexander Zverev [born in 1997]
• 264: Milos Raonic [born in 1990]
• 244: Andrey Rublev [born in 1997]
• 223: David Goffin [born in 1990]
• 210: Stefanos Tsitsipas [born in 1998]
• 208: Taylor Fritz [born in 1997]
• 201: Alex de Minaur [born in 1999]

No other men born in 1990 or later have hit 200 yet.

Kei Nishikori would be on the above list had he been born just a few days later—the former world No. 4, who was born on December 29th, 1989, currently has 300 career hard-court wins, too.

Medvedev was in control from start to finish against Bergs on Wednesday, breaking the Belgian five times and never facing a single break point himself—he was never even pushed to deuce in any of his seven service games en route to a 56-minute victory.

He finished the match with 11 winners to just six unforced errors.

"I wanted to bring the level I had at the end of the match with Karen [Khachanov], which was really great today," he said.

"I'm happy with myself and moving forward."

Medvedev is now 6-0 in his career in Doha, having captured the title in 2023 in his only previous appearance at the hard-court event, when he defeated a fellow former No. 1, Andy Murray, in the final.

Awaiting him in the last eight will be Felix Auger-Aliassime, who advanced to the quarterfinals via walkover after his second-round opponent, Hamad Medjedovic, withdrew from the tournament due to an injury he suffered late in his first-round win over Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Medvedev is 7-1 in his career against Auger-Aliassime, though the lone loss came in their most recent meeting, a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory for the Canadian at the Paris Olympics last year, on clay.

Medvedev is a perfect 7-0 against him on hard courts.