The Italian Jannik Sinner and the Russian Daniel Medvedev They will face each other in a United States Open that, without Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Serbian Novak Djokovic, will experience an early final in the quarterfinals.
sinful, number one in the world, and Medvedev, fifth in the ATP rankings and winner in New York in 2021, They will meet in an explosive rivalry between the racket giants (1.91 meters for transalpine and 1.98 for Moscow) for a place in the semi-finals of the ‘great’ New Yorker.
On the way to that succulent face to face, the experience of the two in the round of 16 this Monday could not be more different. On the one hand, Medvedev crushed the Portuguese Nuno Borges (n.34) with a devastating 6-0, 6-1 and 6-3 in one hour and 51 minutes.
instead, sinful suffered a lot, especially in the first two sets, in tame the American Tommy Paul (n.14) and finally an amazing match was scored 7-6(3), 7-6(5) and 6-1 in two hours and 42 minutes.
Paul started well with a double break and a 1-4 lead in the first set, but Sinner reacted and pulled off a surprise in the final match of the night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
At least in twelve times Sinner and Medvedev have met in the past. The Russian dominated with seven wins, but the Italian took the most important of all: the final of this year’s Australian Open.
In 2023 they saw each other almost in every corner, as they faced each other in four other finals: in the Rotterdam and Miami tournaments (Daniel’s victories) and in Beijing and Vienna (Jannik’s victories).
“It will be a tough game. Ugh…” Summons the sinner, standing on the court, already thinking about his duel against Medvedev. “There will be many long rallies. I hope he is physically and mentally prepared,” he added of the rival who avenged this year’s Australian Open by eliminating him in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
For his part, Medvedev, in a press conference, joked that, for this new challenge with Sinner, he will think more about how he did in Wimbledon than in Australia.
“I feel that in some way we know each other’s game, what we are trying to put on the table, and then it is decided as usual that there is a moment of a ‘deuce’, a ‘break’ point, trying to surprise one ( … ). “I knew that if I wanted to beat him, I had to be at my best.”he hinted.
On both sides of the table, the Australian with Spanish and Uruguayan ancestry Alex de Minaur (n.10) and the British Jack Draper (n.25) qualified for the quarterfinals after leaving the Australian Jordan Thompson (n.32) and the Czech Tomas Macchac (n.39), respectively.
US Open
Quarter finals
Quarterfinal crosses in the women’s competition:
– Iga Swiatek (n.1) against Jessica Pegula (n.6).
– Beatriz Haddad Maia (n.21) against Karolina Muchova (n.52).
– Paula Badosa (n.29) against Emma Navarro (n.12).
– Qinwen Zheng (n.7) against Aryna Sabalenka (n.2).
Quarterfinal crosses in the men’s competition:
– Jannik Sinner (n.1) against Daniil Medvedev (n.5).
– Jack Draper (n.25) against Álex de Minaur (n.10).
– Taylor Fritz (n.12) against Alexander Zverev (n.4).
– Grigor Dimitrov (n.9) against Frances Tiafoe (n.20).
Source: La Verdad
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