Sinner impresses in New York!
Jannik Sinner is more than ever the favorite for this US Open.
A potential world number 1, he was eagerly awaited from the very start of the tournament.
Since the early elimination of Alcaraz and Djokovic, the Italian seems in a very good position, at least on paper, to claim his second Grand Slam title of the season and of his career.
Facing Tommy Paul in the Round of 16, the Australian Open winner was in for a real test. And so it proved, at least for two sets.
Seriously hustled by an in-form American, and buoyed by an overjoyed crowd, the Transalpine held his opponent off well, raising his game when necessary.
Winning the first two acts in a tie-break, he then took advantage of an opponent exploding both tennistically and physically to advance to the next round (7-6, 7-6, 6-1).
In the quarter-finals, he will face a player he knows very well: Daniil Medvedev.
The two men have already faced each other twice in Grand Slams this year, with the Italian winning one and the Russian the other, both times in 5 sets.
