Jannik Sinner marches on in New York after downing home favourite Tommy Paul in straight sets at the US Open

Jannik Sinner beat Tommy Paul in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the US Open and set up a blockbuster encounter with Daniil Medvedev. The Italian was made to work hard for his victory by Paul, who had the crowd on his side but ran out of steam in the third set as the world No. 1 took it 7-6 (3) 7-6 (5) 6-1. Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have already been knocked out.

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World No. 1 Jannik Sinner had to produce some of his very best tennis to beat American favourite Tommy Paul under the lights on Arthur Ashe, with the crowd roaring on his opponent, who produced some lights-out tennis as he tried his best to cause another upset.

But it wasn’t to be, with Sinner coming out on top of the points that mattered to take the win, 7-6 (3) 7-6 (5) 6-1 in just under three hours.

In a men’s draw that has already seen some huge upsets, with Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic both losing early, Sinner knows this is a golden opportunity to add to his slam tally.

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And he did just that on Monday night, with some incredible shot-making getting Paul on the run and the crowd on their feet.

Sinner didn’t start the match well, the windy conditions leading to some unforced errors as Paul went up a double break in the opening set. But the American couldn’t capitalise on his lead as Sinner started to find his range, the set eventually going to a breaker.

Again Paul led, again Sinner came back at him. Had the tie-break gone the other way, who knows what might have happened. But as it was, Sinner was the one to find the big winners on the crunch points.

The second set was even tighter, but it was Sinner who came out on top of an epic rally midway through the breaker, one that even the partisan crowd had to stand for. With a two-sets-to-love lead, Paul couldn’t mount a late comeback and the third set proved more straightforward.

Sinner advances to the quarter-finals where he will face old foe Daniil Medvedev. The two have met twice already in slams this year, Sinner beating the Russian in Australia in five sets before Medvedev avenged that result at Wimbledon, also in five sets.

That Wimbledon win was the first time Medvedev had beaten Sinner in six encounters, and with the draw wide open both men will very much be eyeing an opportunity to add to their slam tallies here.

"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 in his on-court interview about playing Medvedev.

"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."

It should be a blockbuster encounter at the top of the men’s draw, a match that is as difficult to call as it will be entertaining to watch.

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