Sinner to lock horns with Medvedev after easing past Tommy Paul

Jannik Sinner defeated hometown favorite Tommy Paul in the fourth round of the US Open on Monday night, setting up an exciting quarterfinal matchup with Daniil Medvedev.

Despite having to put in a lot of effort throughout, the 26-year-old Italian and current World No. 1 came back from two breaks behind in the opening set and eventually prevailed 7-6(3), 7-6(5), 6-1 thanks to his incredible shotmaking and baseline strength.

“It’s a huge honour to play on this court here. The evening session is always very, very nice. Thanks everyone for the support, it’s amazing,” Sinner said. “I thought that we both didn’t play our best tennis. It was a little breezy, a little windy, so we tried to find our rhythm a little bit. I found it a little bit at the end of the match, but I can be very proud. Today was a tough opponent, so I’m very happy to be in the next round.”

Sinner is now only the eighth men’s singles player since 2000 to have advanced to at least the quarterfinals in all four majors this season..

“Tough match. It’s going to be a lot of rallies, so hopefully I’ll be ready physically. It’s going to be a physical match, also a mental match,” Sinner said. “I won in Australia, he then won in Wimbledon. That was five sets. So hopefully it’s going to be a good match. We’ll try to do our best on court, hopefully you guys enjoy the next one and then we’ll see how it goes.”

Sinner will next face Daniil Medvedev who eased past Portuguese Nuno Borges 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 in the fourth-round on Monday afternoon.