Russia’s second seed Daniil Medvedev advanced into the US Open quarterfinals on Sunday, where a shocking Dutch qualifier will attempt to deny him a third straight trip to the New York semifinals. Medvedev defeated British 24th seed Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, making his fourth stint in the last eight of the last five Grand Slams while chasing his first Slam title. Medvedev, who lost to Novak Djokovic in this year’s Australian Open final and Rafael Nadal in the 2019 US Open final, has not lost a set in four matches.
“Now I want to make it to the final again so that I can remember one more thing and hopefully it will be better,” said Medvedev.
Medvedev will next face 117th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp, who defeated Argentina’s 11th seed Diego Schwartzmann 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 in four hours and 20 minutes. .
“I really don’t have words for it,” van de Zandschulp said. “Played so many matches. Some of them I was on the verge of defeat but I overcame them and won them.”
He equaled the best performance by any US Open qualifier, a last-eight run by Frenchman Nicolas Escud in 1999 and Gilles Müller of Luxembourg in 2008.
“First time for me in America and it feels great,” said van de Zandschulp, who wondered how his homeland was reacting to his run.
“Nobody expected me to make it to the quarter-finals. I think they are amazed and hopefully they are feeling proud,” he said.
An Evans double fault gave Medvedev a break to lead 3–1 and the Russian held on three times to take the first set.
After trading the break of the second set 3-3, the Russian fell in love in the seventh game and was out there.
In the third set, Medvedev broke a forehand winner in the third game and scored the final eight points, breaking the love-for-match catch.
“In sports, there are levels, and that was a different level for me today,” Evans said.
With only nine seeds in the men’s last 16, it is the lowest seed to advance to a Slam since nine at Wimbledon in 2013 and eight at the US Open in 2005.
Fernandez dismisses Kerber
Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez defeated 2020 US Open winner Naomi Osaka to beat Germany’s 16th seed and three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2.
Fernandez said, “I tried to use all my training from home. He told me to take it point by point. I am glad that I was able to execute it.”
Seven of the top nine women advanced to the last 16 with early exits from Osaka and top-ranked Wimbledon champion Ashleigh Barty.
Fernandez, who turned 19 on Monday, advanced to the first Slam quarterfinals against Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Elina Svitolina, fifth seed of Ukraine.
Svitolina, who turns 27 the following Sunday, defeated two-time major winner Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 to reach her eighth Grand Slam quarterfinal. Svitolina extended her winning streak to nine matches by winning the WTA title in Chicago.
“It’s going to be a very tough match,” Fernandez said. “She returns a lot of balls. She’s aggressive. I just go out on the court and try to do what I’m doing.”
Belarus’ second seed Aryna Sabalenka, who scored a Slam-best run in July’s Wimbledon semi-finals, defeated 15th seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-4, 6-1.
Sabalenka said, “I work very hard to play this game at this level. I worked really hard to get here. I work very hard to get these victories. I do whatever I can in every match.” I can do that too.”
Sabalenka will now face either Czech eighth seed Barbora Krejcikova, the reigning French Open champion, or Spanish ninth seed Garbine Muguruza, a two-time Grand Slam winner.
Spain’s 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz, who upset Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, defeated 141st-ranked German qualifier Peter Gozowski 5-7, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, 6 in his first Slam quarter. reached the finals. -0.
55th-ranked Alcaraz is the youngest US Open men’s quarterfinalist since 1963 Brazilian Thomaz Koch.
The Spaniard will face either Canada’s 12th seed Felix Auger-Aliassim or American Frances Tiafoe, one of three assured of a first Grand Slam semi-final play.
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