Daniil Medvedev brushed apart unseeded Nuno Borges 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the US Open with a dominant show at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday.
Medvedev, the No. 5 seed and the one former champion remaining within the males’s draw, had no hassle within the opening set in opposition to Borges, utilizing his highly effective baseline returns and his motion on the web to win all however 11 factors within the set.
Borges, taking part in within the fourth spherical of a Grand Slam occasion for under the second time in his profession, had no solutions for the Russian’s energy.
He lastly bought on the board within the second set, incomes a spherical of applause as he went up 1-0.
The remainder of the set, nevertheless, was very similar to the primary as Borges made a number of unforced errors as Medvedev went two units up.
The gang did get behind Borges, who briefly flipped the script and took the lead within the third set, however a hearth alarm led to a quick pause in play and Medvedev recovered to win 5 of the following six video games to wrap up the competition.
Medvedev will subsequent play both prime seed Jannik Sinner or American Tommy Paul.
In different males’s motion Monday, No. 25 Jack Draper grew to become the primary British man to achieve the quarterfinals in New York because the lately retired Andy Murray did it in 2016.
Draper, who exited within the fourth spherical a 12 months in the past, will seem in his first Slam quarterfinal because of a 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 win in opposition to unseeded Tomas Machac.
“I clearly miss Andy. Shoutout to Andy,” Draper mentioned. “What an unbelievable profession the man’s had. Simply an icon of the sport. I miss him within the change rooms. I miss being subsequent to his smelly sneakers and all his smelly garments.”
Draper will subsequent tackle No. 10 Alex de Minaur or Jordan Thompson.
Reuters and The Related Press contributed to this report.
