Australian Alex de Minaur found world No.5 Daniil Medvedev too tough to handle as the Russian came from a set down to win their last-16 clash at the Paris Masters 5-7 6-2 6-2.
Australian No.1 De Minaur, a finalist at the Antwerp Open in his last tournament, got off to the ideal start by earning two breaks to take a tough opening set in three quarters of an hour.
It only prompted the third-seeded Russian to move into another gear as he broke the 21-year-old’s serve four times over the next two sets while not even offering up a break point opportunity.
The 2019 US Open finalist served out to love to seal his victory in one hour 52 minutes and set up a quarter-final date with Diego Schwartzman, who earlier took just an hour to beat Spanish qualifier Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-1 6-1.
Jordan Thompson, the other Australian left in the singles, was set to face top seed Rafael Nadal later on Thursday.