Medvedev to face Dutch qualifier in quarter-finals

Medvedev defeated British 24th seed Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, making his fourth trip to the Last-8 in the past five Grand Slams

Medvedev to face Dutch qualifier in quarter-finals

Daniil Medvedev

Russian second seed Daniil Medvedev marched into the US Open quarter-finals on Sunday, where a shock Dutch qualifier will try to deny him a third straight trip to the New York semi-finals. Medvedev defeated British 24th seed Daniel Evans 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, making his fourth trip to the Last-8 in the past five Grand Slams.

Medvedev, who lost this year’s Australian Open final to Novak Djokovic and the 2019 US Open final to Rafael Nadal, has not dropped a set in four matches. “Now I just want to make it to the finals again to have another thing to remember, and hopefully a better one,” Medvedev said.

Medvedev next faces 117th ranked Botic Van de Zandschulp, who outlasted Argentine 11th seed Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7, 6-1 in four hours and 20 minutes.

“I don’t have words for it,” Van de Zandschulp said. “Played so many matches. Some of them I was on the brink of defeat but I won them.” He also matched the best showing by any US Open qualifier, Last-8 runs by Frenchman Nicolas Escude in 1999 and Gilles Muller of Luxembourg in 2008.

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