By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday September 2, 2024
New York—Former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev is doing what he usually does on the US Open. Breezing into the enterprise finish of the match whereas asserting himself as a possible title winner in Flushing Meadows.
After his 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Portugal’s Nuno Borges, the No.5 seed was requested to sit up for his impending quarterfinal with top-seeded Jannik Sinner.
Not so quick, says Medvedev, whe believes that the Italian can have his palms full with American Tommy Paul on Monday evening.
“In my view, Tommy might simply win,” Medvedev stated. “After I say “simply win,” I do not assume he is that a lot of an underdog [as] we predict, and it should be attention-grabbing additionally. Tommy, for my part, is having an amazing yr. I do not know what he’s within the race however most likely someplace near the No. 8 spot.”
Requested if he would take into consideration this yr’s Australian Open closing (gained by the Italian in 5 units) if he faces Sinner within the quarterfinals, the 28-year-old stated that he’d favor to consider their Wimbledon matchup.
“I’ll attempt to assume extra about Wimbledon than Australian Open,” he stated with a smile. “However towards Jannik, we had some powerful matches apart from a pair. I imply, in Miami, for instance.
“I really feel like in a method we all know our sport, what we’ll attempt to deliver on the desk, after which it involves at all times, , deuce, breakpoint, perhaps attempt to shock him or not, what he’ll do, what I’ll do.”
Medvedev and Sinner have a protracted and attention-grabbing historical past.
Medvedev holds a 7-5 lifetime file towards Sinner, and broke a five-match shedding streak to the No.1-ranked Italian at Wimbledon, when he defeated him in 5 units within the quarterfinals. It was the Russian who gained the pair’s first six head-to-head conferences.
“If it is him who wins towards Tommy, hopefully we will have an awesome match. I do know if I wish to beat him, I have to be at my finest, which I managed to do it a few occasions. It may be an awesome match.”
