New York: Daniil Medvedev fired 13 Aces to end the British Hope and Evans’ US Open Challenge with Quickfire 6-3 6-4, 6-3 wins in the fourth round on Sunday.
Evans survived the fifth tiebreak set against Alexei Popyrin to reach the last 16 but on the seventh day of the Hardcourt major, he did not match the second seed of Russia.
Evans handed Medvedev initial breaks with a double error in the fourth game of the first set and never recovered from the setback as the 43 Russian winner tied.
Daniil Medvedev rolled on #usopenthe 🇷🇺 entering the quarter-finals without dropping a set.
https://t.co/umjf7rigtr- US Open Tennis (@Usopen) 1630870527000Medvedev, which lost the final to Rafa Nadal two years ago, close the last game from the second set in less than a minute with a pair of ace and service winner and winning All his first points were third at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
He sealed the match in one hour and 43 minutes to roar from a rowdy New York crowd, which he won in the extraordinary transformation of criminals to fan-favorites in 2019, reaching the quarter-finals for the third year in a row.
“I know I have to focus my focus from scratch to finish.
I serve well,” Medvedev said.
“I tried to replace the game, mix the game, and I was very happy that I defeated a difficult opponent with the score and with a lot of energy left.” 🇷🇺 @daniMedwed reached the quarter-finals #USOPEN for the third year in a row! https://t.co/hzjoz5f6ng- US Open Tennis (@Usopen) 1630870675000He FACES Next Dutch Qualification Bald Van de Zandschulp, who continued his unexpected run in the tournament by taming Argentina Batters Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-4, 5 -7, 5-7, 6-1.
Ticketholders who want to maximize their time inside the famous Flushing Meadows stadium will do well to avoid the world number two, because he has defeated each of his opponents under two hours and has not dropped a set.