Rome, May 13 -- Russian star Danil Medvedev cruised to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Italian Open on Tuesday night.

Medvedev, currently ranked world number nine, outclassed Thiago Tirante in his round of 16 match by 6-3, 6-2 in a one-sided manner.

On the other hand, Luciano Darderi produced a shocker, saving four match points on his way to a win over second-seed Alexander Zverev.

Luciano was down 3-5 in the second set and then went onto save four match points in the second set tie-break and then won an extremely one-sided final set to spark scenes of jubilation at Rome.

Luciano made it to the quarterfinals of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time and also recorded his first-ever win against a top-10 opponent.

"It was a very...