World champion Jannik Sinner and former champion Daniil Medvedev set up a US Open quarter-final clash on Monday, with both men looking to capitalize on the gap left by the shock exits of Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. Australian Open champion Sinner reached the last eight for the second time by beating 14th-seeded American Tommy Paul 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5), 6-1. Medvedev, the 2021 champion and last year's runner-up to Djokovic, outclassed Portugal's Nuno Borges 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals for the fifth time in six years.
Meanwhile, women's world number one Iga Swiatek remained on course for her sixth Grand Slam title by beating Russia's Liudmila Samsonova in three sets.
Italy's Sinner came back from a 4-1 first-set deficit to beat Paul, who had hoped to reach the quarter-finals in New York alongside compatriots Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe.
“It will be another tough match with Daniil. There will be a lot of rallies, so I have to be physically ready,” said Sinner.
Medvedev is the only remaining former champion, having defeated four-time winner Djokovic and 2022 champion Alcaraz in the first week.
The world number five comfortably defeated number 34 Borges, whose challenge failed due to 51 unforced errors, while Medvedev broke his serve eight times.
Sinner and Medvedev will meet for the fourth time this year.
Sinner came back from a two-set deficit to beat the erratic Russian in the Australian Open final, and emerged victorious in the Miami semifinals.
Medvedev then won at Wimbledon in a quarterfinal over five sets.
“I will try to think more about Wimbledon than the Australian Open,” Medvedev said.
“I feel like with Jannik we know our games, what we're going to try to do and then it always comes down to the moment of deuce, break point, whether or not we try to surprise him, what he's going to do and what I'm going to do.”
Draper praises 'icon' Murray
Jack Draper became the first Briton to reach the quarter-finals since Andy Murray in 2016 by beating Czech Tomas Machac 6-3, 6-1, 6-2.
The 22-year-old left-handed pitcher lost serve just once in four matches en route to his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, winning 47 of 48 service games and saving 20 of 21 break points.
Draper praised the influence of Murray, the former world number one and 2012 US Open champion, who retired from tennis after the Paris Olympics.
“He is a legend and an icon and if I can experience half of his career I will be a happy man,” said the 25th-seeded player, who will face Alex de Minaur.
De Minaur, seeded 10th, won an all-Australian battle against Jordan Thompson 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Four-time French Open winner Swiatek, the 2022 New York champion, celebrated her 100th Grand Slam match with a 6-4, 6-1 win over No. 16 Samsonova.
The Pole will face sixth-seeded American Jessica Pegula for a place in the semi-finals.
“There will be long rallies and intense battles,” Swiatek predicted about the match against Pegula, whom she also defeated in the quarterfinals two years ago on her way to the title.
Pegula reached the last eight for the second time with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Russia's Diana Shnaider.
Beatriz Haddad Maia became the first Brazilian woman to reach the quarterfinals since Maria Bueno in 1968 when she defeated 2014 runner-up Caroline Wozniacki.
The left-handed pitcher, ranked 22nd, converted his third match point to beat the former world number one 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
She will now face 2023 semi-finalist Karolina Muchova, who defeated Roland Garros and Wimbledon runner-up Jasmine Paolini, the fifth seed, 6-3, 6-3.
Muchova, who is ranked 52nd and only returned to the tour in June after being out for 10 months with a wrist injury, has yet to drop a set and knocked out two-time champion Naomi Osaka in the second round.
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