Jannik Sinner recovered from 4-1 down in the first set to see off Tommy Paul, who had been hoping to join compatriots Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe in the quarter-finals of the US Open.
Jannik Sinner reaches to return the ball against Tommy Paul during their men's singles round of 16 clash at the US Open. Picture: Angela Weiss / AFPset up a US Open quarter-final showdown on Monday as both men look to exploit the hole left by the shock exits of Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.
Women's world number one Iga Swiatek, meanwhile, stayed on course for a sixth Grand Slam title with a straight-sets win over Russia's Liudmila Samsonova. The world number five easily downed 34th-ranked Borges, whose challenge fizzled out under the weight of 51 unforced errors while Medvedev broke serve eight times.Sinner came back from two sets to love down to defeat the mercurial Russian in the Australian Open final and came out on top in the Miami semi-finals."I will try to think more about Wimbledon than the Australian Open," said Medvedev.
Draper hailed the influence of Murray, the former world number one and 2012 US Open champion who retired from tennis following the Paris Olympics.
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