Second seed Dominic Thiem will meet Australian youngster Alex De Minaur in the last eight of the US Open. Austrian Dominic Thiem reaches another grand slam quarterfinal after beating Canadian youngster and 15th seed Felix Auger Aliassime in straight sets. Thiem was so dominant against the youngster apart from the first set. After conceding the break Felix come back and break back but eventually, he lost the set in a tiebreaker.
Even Felix hit 12 aces in the whole match Thiem able to break the 15th seed 6 times. He won the second set 6-1 and take advantage of the match. The same story also repeated in the final set. Felix’s failure against top 10 opponents continues once again in this match. In this form, Thiem can simply go all the way to title. Thiem will face 21st seed Alex De Minaur in the quarterfinal. Alex reaches the quarterfinals after beating unseeded Canadian Vasek Pospisil in straight sets. Score : 7-6, 6-3, 6-2.
It’s all Russian affair in the first quarterfinal of the tournament. Third seed and last year’s finalist Daniil Medvedev beat unseeded American Frances Tiafoe in the fourth round. Medvedev was so dominant against Tiafoe, he wins the match with the scoreline of 6-4, 6-1, 6-0. He kind if humiliated American with a bagel in the final set. He broke Tiafoe 8 times the whole match. He will face fellow Russian Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinal.
The 10th seed Andrey Rublev upset 6th seed Italian Matteo Berrettini in the fourth round. Rublev concede a break in the first set and lost the set 6-4. But from on, the young Russian was top off his game. In the second set, he broke Berrettini for the first time in the tournament and won the set 6-3. He then broke Italian 3 more times and won the third and fourth sets with the scoreline of 6-3, 6-3 respectively. Medvedev against Rublev will be a mouthwatering fixture for the fans all around the globe.
