Daniil Medvedev had been the forgotten man coming into the US Open, however the third-seeded Russian popped up on everybody’s radar after steamrolling previous Attila Balazs 6-1 6-1 6-0 and into the second spherical at Flushing Meadows.
With high seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic hogging the highlight, Medvedev had gone just about unnoticed within the run as much as the season’s remaining grand slam.
But together with his medical dissection of Balazs, he served discover that he stays an actual menace to say his second title in three years in New York.
“I don’t care. It is normal Carlos and Novak are the biggest names right now,” mentioned Medvedev when requested if he felt ignored.
“My goal is to play well and get to where they are and try to win that is all I can do.”
After shedding to eventual champion Alcaraz within the Wimbledon semi-finals, Medvedev has had a quiet US Open buildup, attending to the quarter-finals of the Canadian Open and the spherical of 16 every week later in Cincinnati. But he has at all times produced a few of his greatest work in New York, reaching the ultimate in 2019, semi-finals in 2020 and successful it in 2021.
In spherical two he’ll tackle Australian Chris O’Connell, who beat fellow Australian Max Purcell 6-4 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-5).
Another former champion in Andy Murray received his two hundredth grand slam match with a three-set victory over fiery Frenchman Corentin Moutet.
The two-time Wimbledon winner, a victor right here in 2012, overcame an unorthodox and awkward opponent 6-2 7-5 6-3 to grow to be the eighth male participant within the Open period to succeed in the double-century.
“I hope it was entertaining, there were some fun points, so I’m happy to get through in straight sets,” the 36-year-old Scot mentioned.
“It was a long one, but the way we play it was probably always going to be like that. Three hours is a lot shorter than some of my matches!”
Murray will meet Bulgarian nineteenth seed Grigor Dimitrov, who saved three match factors in a 6-7 (Sep 11) 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 7-5 7-6 (11-9) overcome Slovakia’s Alex Molcan, within the second spherical.
Russian Andrey Rublev, the eighth seed, superior after defeating Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 6-1, however compatriot and eleventh seed Karen Khachanov was upset by American Michael Mmoh 6-2 6-4 6-2.
German twelfth seed Alexander Zverev had little hassle overwhelming Australian Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 6-4 6-4.
With PA.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
