SHANGHAI, October 16. /TASS/. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev defeated Tommy Paul of the United States to make it to the semifinals of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament in Shanghai, China.

The 5th seeded Medvedev won the match 6:3, 1:6, 6:3. Paul was seeded 15th.

In the semifinals, Medvedev will face Rafael Jodar, seeded 12th.

Daniil Medvedev, 30, is currently the 6th-ranked player in the world. He has won 24 ATP singles titles, spent 16 weeks as the world's number one player in 2022, and helped Russia win the ATP Cup and Davis Cup in 2021. Russia’s top-ranked tennis player has reached six Grand Slam finals, winning the 2021 US Open, and won the ATP Finals title in 2020.

Tommy Paul, No. 18 in the ATP rankings, boasts five ATP titles.

The Shanghai tournament is an ATP Masters 1000 event, with only the Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP Finals ranking higher in prestige. The total prize pool is $9.4 million. Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot won the title last year. Russian players Nikolay Davydenko (2009) and Medvedev (2019) have also won the tournament.