Medvedev drops just four games in dominant last-16 win

Daniil Medvedev dropped conscionable 4 games arsenic he breezed past Nuno Borges to unafraid his spot successful nan US Open quarter-finals.

Russia's Medvedev, champion successful New York 3 years ago, was hardly troubled by nan Portuguese successful a 6-0 6-1 6-3 win.

Medvedev is nan only erstwhile US Open champion near successful nan tie successful New York, and nan only Grand Slam singles champion different than Jannik Sinner.

He could perchance look world number 1 Sinner - who hit him from 2 sets down successful nan Australian Open last successful January - next.

It is nan 5th clip successful nan past six years that Medvedev has reached nan past 8 astatine nan US Open.

Medvedev was interviewed connected tribunal afterwards by Nick Kyrgios, who was nan past subordinate to hit him earlier nan quarter-final stage.

"The past clip I mislaid successful nan 4th information was against you, right? Good memories," nan 28-year-old joked.

"I effort to activity hard. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.

"I person nan mentality that if nan different feline practises much than me, I person little chances to win, and I want to triumph each nan time."

Medvedev was surgery conscionable erstwhile successful nan match, arsenic he went down 2-1 successful nan 3rd set, earlier play was delayed aft a occurrence siren went disconnected successful nan building wherever nan physics statement calling squad is.

The US Open does not person statement judges, pinch each nan calls made by nan Hawkeye technology.

The building was evacuated, starring to a little region successful play, earlier 5th seed Medvedev instantly collapsed backmost and won 5 of nan adjacent six games to advance.

Sinner faces Tommy Paul successful nan nighttime convention connected Arthur Ashe later connected Monday.

Britain's Jack Draper earlier precocious pinch an awesome straight-set triumph complete Tomas Machac to scope his first Grand Slam quarter-final.