Sinner and Swiatek target US Open quarterfinals

World number one Jannik Sinner and former champion Daniil Medvedev set their sights on the US Open quarterfinals on Monday in a tournament stripped of superstar duo Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. Top seed Sinner, who won his maiden Slam at the Australian Open this year, takes on Tommy Paul while 2021 New York champion […]

World number one Jannik Sinner and former champion Daniil Medvedev set their sights on the US Open quarterfinals on Monday in a tournament stripped of superstar duo Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.

Top seed Sinner, who won his maiden Slam at the Australian Open this year, takes on Tommy Paul while 2021 New York champion Medvedev meets Portuguese outsider Nuno Borges.

French Open champion and women’s world number one Iga Swiatek, meanwhile, hopes to take another step closer to a second US Open title when the 2022 winner faces Liudmila Samsonova of Russia.

Sinner, 23, faces Paul of the United States hoping to become the only man this year to reach the quarterfinals at all four Grand Slams.

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The Italian made the last-eight in 2022 where he squandered a match point in losing to eventual champion Alcaraz.

His Spanish rival has been removed from the New York equation this time around after the world number three and reigning French Open and Wimbledon champion was knocked out in the second round.

Paul, the 14th seed, is looking to join compatriots Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals as the US looks for a first male Grand Slam champion since Andy Roddick triumphed in New York in 2003.