US Open: Daniil Medvedev stands in the path of Jannik Sinner

Looking ahead, there could be a knockout challenge.

Daniil Medvedev hits the quarterfinals of the US Open, where a challenge of the highest level could await him. After his clear success in three sets against Nuno Borges, beaten by the scores of 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 in less than two hours, the Russian will face the winner of the match between Jannik Sinner and Tommy Paul, with the prospect therefore of a match against the South Tyrolean currently No. 1 in the ATP world rankings.

For Medvedev very few headaches proved to be against Nuno Borges, who in the first set did not take home a single game and in the second had to settle for the valid point for the momentary 1-1. For the rest è a real monologue of the Russian, currently number 5 in the world, who in less than an hour already put in the pot the passage of the round.

Slightly more complex was the third set, in which Borges even led by a break at 2-1. Medvedev restored parity in a game that was anything but predictable and then snatched service from the Lusitanian in the eighth game, which proved decisive in closing the accounts once and for all.

Sinner himself won by the same result the last match at the time played at the US Open: 3-0 over Christopher O'Connell (6-1, 6-4, 6-2) the score that è earned him a berth in the round of 16. " It was a great match, I knew I had to play a solid match. The serve worked great. I am glad to still be here and I hope to play as many matches as I can"” had been his hot statements.