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Third seed Daniil Medvedev was on courtroom in to the early hours once more on Saturday evening beating in-form Sebastian Baez 6-2 6-2 7-6(6) to finish the Argentine’s 12-match profitable streak and ease into the fourth spherical of the season’s ultimate Grand Slam.
It was the second straight match that Medvedev began a contest sooner or later and completed the following, having gone 4 units with Australian Christopher O’Connell in a late evening battle on Thursday that wrapped early Friday morning.
“Tough, I just want to go sleep, that’s it, nothing more,” Medvedev instructed the group that stayed to look at the match by means of to its conclusion.
In a match that bought underway simply earlier than 11.00 pm ET (7.00 am GST) Medvedev went proper to work breaking Baez twice to leap out to a 4-1 lead on the way in which to taking the opening set.
Playing as if he was making an attempt to finish the competition earlier than the clock struck midnight, Medvedev broke Baez once more to open the second, racing to a 2-0 lead however Baez was not considering a fast end, constructing a 5-2 benefit within the third when the competition was stopped to permit the roof to be closed as rain started to fall.
When play resumed Medvedev, who had been rising more and more agitated, got here out with new focus, breaking the Argentine to get again on serve 5-4 and forcing the set to tie-break he would win 8-6.
The win arrange Medvedev for an intriguing final 16 assembly with Australian hazard man Alex de Minaur.
Medvedev and de Minaur have met six instances with the Russian profitable 4 however the Australian has gained the final two, together with a quarter-final conflict ultimately month’s Canadian Open.
Daniil Medvedev is frightened how one fan goes to sleep tonight.
This soundbite is an all-timer. pic.twitter.com/B9YsAty4Ws
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 3, 2023
