2023-09-05 07:15:14
Daniil Medvedev, winner in four sets of Alex De Minaur Monday in the round of 16, joined his compatriot Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals of the US Open. Carlos Alcaraz will be opposed to Alexander Zverev, who scored in five rounds for Jannik Sinner.
The four quarter-finals of this US Open are now known. At the bottom of the table, we knew since Sunday that Novak Djokovic would be opposed to Taylor Fritz while the other meeting would pit two Americans against each other: Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton. Another quarter-final will pit two compatriots against each other, but this time at the top of the table. Daniil Medvedev has indeed joined another Russian, Andrey Rublev, after his victory in four sets (2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2) against Alex De Minaur. Beaten three weeks earlier at the Masters 1000 in Toronto by the Australian, the world number 3 took his revenge and therefore continues his journey in New York, where he had triumphed in 2021, his only coronation in a Grand Slam tournament yet to be announced. this day. As in Canada on August 11, the meeting had however started badly for the winner of two years ago, swept away in the first set by number 13 in the standings. After a very tight start to the second set between the two players, however, Medvedev quickly recovered and after making the difference at the end of this second set by breaking his opponent for the first time, at 5-4, he did not left more than crumbs for De Minaur.
Zverev will have to sign an even greater achievement
For the fourth time in his career, the Russian is one of the last eight players still in contention on the courts of Flushing Meadows. For Alexander Zverev, it will be the third time in a row. Semi-finalist two years ago and finalist in 2020, the German has kept his good habits by dismissing Jannik Sinner from his road on Monday in the quarters, who was nevertheless one of the big favorites with Djokovic and Alcaraz after his title in Toronto. For five sets, the two men went blow for blow. The last word nevertheless went to the 12th in the world at the expense of number 6, definitively knocked out by Zverev in a fifth and final round clearly dominated by the unfortunate semi-finalist of Roland-Garros 2022. The German will have to raise the cursor even higher at the next round, against Carlos Alcaraz. Especially since the last time the two men faced each other, in Madrid on clay this season, the Spaniard had walked (6-1, 6-2). In their five confrontations so far, however, the two men have never met on hard court.
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