(Reuters) – Fifth seed Daniil Medvedev brushed aside unseeded Nuno Borges 6-0 6-1 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open with an utterly dominant display at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday.
Medvedev is the only former champion left in the men’s draw and the clash was a one-sided contest where Borges, playing in a Grand Slam fourth round for only the second time in his career, had no answers to the Russian’s power.
Medvedev whitewashed Borges in the opening set, toying with the Portuguese who was no match for the towering Russian’s powerful baseline returns and his movement at the net.
Medvedev lost only 11 points in the opening set but Borges finally got on the board in the second set, earning a round of applause as he went 1-0 up.
But the rest of the set was more of the same as Borges made several unforced errors as Medvedev went two sets up.
The crowd did get behind Borges, who briefly flipped the script and took the lead in the third set.
But a fire alarm led to a brief pause in play which gave the Russian time to recover and he won five of the next six games to wrap up the contest.
Medvedv will next play either top seed Jannik Sinner or American Tommy Paul.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; editing by Pritha Sarkar)
