An act of “gamesmanship” has turned Alex de Minaur’s vastly controversial fourth spherical match with Daniil Medvedev on its head.
Medvedev has surged to take a 2-6 6-4 6-1 lead into the fourth set after he had been wiped off the courtroom within the first set.
The Aussie is taking centre stage in New York on Tuesday morning in a headline battle with the No. 3 seed.
The match took an enormous twist within the second set after Medvedev took an prolonged break off the courtroom. He got here again far more composed and finally struck to safe a break of serve to win the second set 6-4.
The conflict comes simply three weeks after the top-ranked Australian took down the Russian on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion in Toronto.
Their highly-anticipated showdown comes after a wild day of motion in New York.
10.30am – De Minaur sucker punched, loses third set
Daniil Medvedev all of a sudden snatched again to again units after flicking a change late within the second set.
The Russian peeled off a run of eight service video games received to 1, leaving de Minaur on the ropes at 2-6 6-4 6-1.
It had been 4-4 within the second set earlier than the 2021 US Open champion confirmed his class by all of a sudden exploding with a flurry of groundstroke winners — simply minutes after he regarded to have been out on his ft with exhaustion.
9.30am – Medvedev struggling to breathe, accused of gamesmanship
Alex de Minaur rocked Daniil Medvedev to take the primary set 6-2 in simply 32 minutes.
The Russian wanted an prolonged break on the finish of the primary set after beforehand needing event medical employees to carry him an inhaler.
He was heard saying that he was struggling to breathe and informed the official that he had already taken one thing earlier to help along with his respiratory problem.
Medvedev walked off courtroom and took his bag with him and was not seen for an prolonged interval earlier than finally returning for the beginning of the second set.
Channel 9 commentator Brenton Speed stated Medvedev appeared “quite distressed”.
However, Aussie nice Todd Woodbridge responded with a searing rant about how Medvedev was utilizing gamesmanship to thwart de Minaur’s momentum.
“This is a strange situation in the match,” Woodbridge stated on Nine.
“A 31-minute set, Medvedev leaves the court, took his whole bag… why do you need to leave the court for that long?
“It’s not a toilet break, is he changing his full kit? Shouldn’t that be at a certain time?
“I tell you, I think our sport really has to do something about these change-overs. It’s just such a crutch that everyone seems to go to when they’re down, and it’s just not part of the game.
“It shouldn’t be there. I implore our rules officials to get in and stop all this stuff going on, because it’s just momentum changes in matches that we shouldn’t have.
“Let’s keep the game moving. It’s not great for us as broadcasters, and I think it’s really gamesmanship and it needs to be taken out.”
He went on to say: “It’s such an annoying part of our game. You’re not supposed to be doing this. And the umpire is letting him get away with it”.
8am – Devastating news with star in tears
Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic was left in tears on Tuesday regardless of progressing by to the quarter-finals.
Ninth seed Vondrousova booked her place within the final eight with a battling win over unseeded American Peyton Stearns, coming from a set all the way down to win 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-2.
However, she was seen in tears shortly after, having pulled out of the doubles draw with an damage.
Vondrousova made historical past in July after turning into the primary unseeded lady to win Wimbledon, her first Grand Slam title.
The 24-year-old has by no means been previous the fourth spherical on the US Open, and admitted after her win she had stunned herself by advancing to the final eight.
“She was playing great from the beginning, and I just tried to stay in the game,” Vondrousova stated of Stearns.
“I’m very happy. I actually didn’t expect it after Wimby — it was a lot of pressure. We’ll see what happens next.”
She will face Madison Keys within the quarter-finals.
7.15am – Rublev units up daunting quarter-final
Andrey Rublev reached the US Open quarter-finals for the fourth time after beating Britain’s Jack Draper 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Russian eighth seed Rublev goes on to play 2021 champion and compatriot Daniil Medvedev or Australia’s Alex de Minaur, the thirteenth seed, for a spot within the final 4.
The 25-year-old Rublev is thru to his third Grand Slam quarter-final of the season. He has made the final eight of a serious 9 instances however by no means gone past that stage.
The injury-plagued Draper, the world quantity 123, had been trying to develop into the primary British man to succeed in the US Open quarters since Andy Murray in 2016.
6am – Alcaraz appears to be like untouchable
Carlos Alcaraz swept into the quarter-finals of the US Open with a straight units demolition of Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi.
Defending champion Alcaraz, who has solely dropped one set on his journey into the final eight, produced a dominant show to overwhelm world No.61 Arnaldi, successful 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in 1hr 57min.
The 20-year-old Alcaraz is bidding to develop into the primary man since Roger Federer in 2008 to efficiently defend the US Open after successful the title for the primary time final yr.
The id of the Spaniard’s quarter-final opponent will probably be confirmed later Tuesday, with Alcaraz because of face both Germany’s Alexander Zverev or Italy’s sixth seed Jannik Sinner within the final eight on Thursday.
A match with Sinner could be a repeat of final yr’s quarter-final traditional between the 2 males, which set a report as the newest ever end for a US Open recreation after wrapping up at 2.50am.
“I think the intensity from the beginning until the last ball, I played a really solid match, less mistakes,” Alcaraz stated after Monday’s brisk victory.
“I’m really happy with the performance in general.” In different males’s matches on Monday, Britain’s Jack Draper takes on eighth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev whereas third seed Daniil Medvedev, the 2021 champion, faces Australian thirteenth seed Alex de Minaur.
5.30am – Another large upset rocks girls’s draw
Jessica Pegula joined world primary Iga Swiatek — who was upset within the fourth spherical on Monday — in heading for the event exit, dropping in straight units to compatriot and shut buddy Madison Keys.
Pegula had gone into the US Open dreaming of a primary ever Grand Slam, buoyed by victory in final month’s WTA 1000 Canadian Open in Montreal.
But the 29-year-old’s marketing campaign got here to an abrupt halt in entrance of a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium as 2017 US Open finalist Keys recorded a dominant 6-1, 6-3 win in simply 61 minutes.
Pegula was left with no reply as Keys unleashed a stream of 21 winners to her six.
Keys additionally punished her buddy’s shaky serve, breaking her 5 instances on her option to wrapping up a cushty victory.
“It’s always tough having to play a friend but we’ve been doing it our whole lives at this point,” Keys, 28, stated.
“When we get on the court it’s all business and when we get off the court we go back to being friends.”
US Open outcomes from Day 8
Men fourth spherical –
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP x1) bt Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Andrey Rublev (RUS x8) bt Jack Draper (GBR) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Women fourth spherical –
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE x9) bt Peyton Stearns (USA) 6-7 (3/7),
6-3, 6-2
Madison Keys (USA x17) bt Jessica Pegula (USA x3) 6-1, 6-3
Qinwen Zheng (CHN x23) bt Ons Jabeur (TUN x 5) 6-2 6-4
— with AFP
Source: www.news.com.au
