Jannik Sinner will face Daniil Medvedev in NY
The most anticipated quarter-final at the 2024 US Open is undoubtedly that between Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev. According to many fans and experts, the match between the Italian ace and the Russian champion can be considered as a kind of early final in the last Grand Slam of the season.
The world number 1 has never reached the semi-finals in New York, but he loves these courts and knows that he has a great chance to win his second Major of his young career (especially after the eliminations of Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic). After struggling a lot in the first round, the 23-year-old from San Candido has raised his level and shows up to the match against Medvedev having lost only one set. The 2024 Australian Open champion defeated Tommy Paul in the round of 16, showing impressive mental strength at decisive moments.
The Russian ace – on the other hand – has always played very well at Flushing Meadows, where he won his first and only Grand Slam title in 2021. Daniil has only lost one set in the tournament so far and has already shown that he can achieve great things in NY, having beaten Alcaraz in the semifinals last year. Medvedev leads 7-5 in the head-to-head against Sinner, but the Italian ace has won five of their last six matches. The Russian won their last match, which was played in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.
A long-awaited match
The match between Sinner and Medvedev is one of the most anticipated of the entire tournament and promises to give lots of emotions to the fans.
There are several ATP players who have started to complain publicly with the ATP about their busy schedule this season. The tour de force between the grass of Wimbledon, the Olympic Games in Paris and the close American tour with Montreal, Cincinnati (both Masters 1000, so many heavy points to win) and Us Open really put the players to the test, Who inevitably had to sacrifice some appointments to remedy a premature elimination.
This is the case of Daniil: after Roland Garros, the Russian has suffered two quick stops in Canada and Ohio, before returning strong to New York. Now there will be a lot of quarterfinals against the world number one Jannik Sinner, who beat this year at Wimbledon (thanks to the Italian’s not perfect conditions) But on the hard court he stumbled into two setbacks in the final act of the Australian Open and in the semifinals in Miami.
Following the clear statement against the Portuguese ace Nuno Borges, Medvedev expressed himself on the calendar full of events in this period and throughout the year: “Every year is exhausting, but with the Olympic Games we knew it would be a little harder because we added also the change of surfaces between grass, beaten earth and then concrete. Of course, the further you go to the Olympics, the harder it will be later. In a few days you have to decide whether or not to play in Montreal, although sometimes refusing that tournament is for obvious reasons. Carlos left Cincinnati and lost early, maybe he lacked a little confidence. In tennis there are so many details to evaluate, in my case I did not play as I would have liked in Montreal and Cincinnati. Every time you get to a new place you want to start from scratch, but sometimes it’s hard. This time I’m doing it right“, are the words released on the subject during the press conference.
The Italian ace is slightly favored
The 2021 US Open champion is ready to face Sinner in New York: “I’ll try to think about our last match at Wimbledon, rather than the one at the Australian Open. We had very tough matches, except for a couple, like the one in Miami. In some way, we know our game, we know what we’ll bring to the table; many times it’s about the decision you make on a break point or a deuce, it’s about surprising or anticipating what the opponent does. I know that if I want to beat him, I need to give my best, which I managed to do a couple of times.”
The Italian ace is playing the best season of his career and is returning to 100% after recent problems. The world number 1 is aware of the importance of this tournament and will give his all to win his second Major. In case of victory at the US Open, Jannik would be almost certain to finish 2024 at the top of the ATP ranking. Only Sascha Zverev seems to be able to undermine him at this moment.
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