No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia had little trouble defeating French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-2, 6-4 in the Round of 16 at the Open 13 Provence on Thursday in Marseille, France. Medvedev had an automatic bye into the second round and played his first match of the week Thursday.

Clive Brunskill/Getty Unique soloist Daniil Medvedev dreams of a single goal: Becoming a successful two-timer.

It promises to be an entertaining day of semifinal action at the ATP Marseille – Open 13 Provence, with two intriguing matches on the slate in the south of France.

Daniil Medvedev reached his first semi-final of the year at the Marseille Open on Friday by defeating Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets. Defending champion Ugo Humbert reached the semi-finals for the fourth time by seeing off Italy's Lorenzo Sonego 6-4,