Match Report
Medvedev marches previous Borges in New York
2021 champion will play Sinner or Paul in quarter-finals
September 02, 2024
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Daniil Medvedev in motion in opposition to Nuno Borges on Monday on the US Open.
By ATP Employees
Is ‘hard-court specialist’ Daniil Medvedev able to go all the way in which as soon as extra on the US Open?
The fifth seed and 2021 titlist continued his spectacular 2024 marketing campaign on the New York main with a 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 fourth-round triumph in opposition to Nuno Borges on Monday afternoon. Medvedev was in management for nearly all the one-hour, 51-minute encounter, throughout which his solely temporary second of peril got here when he trailed by a break early within the third set.
Full on pedal to the metallic from Daniil 💨@DaniilMedwed reaches his eleventh Grand Slam quarter-final after racing previous Borges 6-0 6-1 6-3!@usopen | #USOpen pic.twitter.com/ZZYvUSUCXt
— ATP Tour (@atptour) September 2, 2024
Since 2018, Medvedev has received extra tour-level matches (268) on arduous courts than anybody else on the ATP Tour: Andrey Rublev is second on that listing with 210. The No. 5 within the PIF ATP Rankings actually appeared at dwelling inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, the place he floor Borges down along with his trademark retrieval expertise and transformed eight of 16 break factors he earned.
“I attempt to work arduous. Typically I do, typically I don’t,” Medvedev advised his ATP Tour rival Nick Kyrgios in his on-court interview. “There are days when it’s more durable to exit on court docket and practise, however I’ve the mentality that if the opposite man practises greater than me, I’ve much less probabilities to win, and I wish to win on a regular basis. So I attempt to practise as a lot as I can.
“I’ve had numerous success right here on the US Open and final time I misplaced within the fourth spherical was in opposition to you. Good reminiscences.”
Medvedev, who’s bidding to win the identical trophy twice for the primary time this fortnight in New York, has now received all three of his Lexus ATP Head2Head conferences with Portuguese star Borges following his victories earlier this yr on the Australian Open and in Halle. The 28-year-old, who has dropped only one set throughout his 4 matches thus far, will play high seed Jannik Sinner or dwelling favorite Tommy Paul within the quarter-finals.
His run in New York thus far has additionally boosted Medvedev’s probabilities of qualifying for the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals for the sixth consecutive yr. The 20-time tour-level champion is presently fourth within the PIF ATP Dwell Race To Turin, and he might leap above Carlos Alcaraz into third by clinching the US Open trophy.
