Jannik Sinner Heavy Road In The Quarter-finals Of The US Open 2024

Jannik Sinner faces a tough opponent in the quarter-finals of the US Open 2024 (Instagram/@janniksin).

JAKARTA - The US Open 2024 presents a surprise. A number of seeds have been eliminated in the early rounds.

For example, the men's singles sector, Carlos Alcaraz, was stopped in the second half, while Novak Djokovic was thrown in the third half.

Now, in the quarter-finals, only three have top seeds, namely Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, and Alexander Zverev.

If Zverev has a wide opportunity to continue his journey to the semifinals, that's not the case with Sinner and Medvedev. The world's number one and fifth players immediately met in the quarter-finals.

Sinner is now the only men's singles to reach the quarter-finals in the fourth Grand Slam this year.

The 23-year-old won his first major title in Australia Open before reaching the semifinals of Roland Garros and the quarter-finals of Wimbledon 2024.

Now, with eight straight wins since the title race in Cincinnati, Sinner has matched her best result at the US Open 2022.

At that time, he also reached the quarter-finals and his steps did not continue after being beaten by Carlos Alcaraz in five tense and historic sets ending at 02:50 in the morning.

At the US Open 2024, Sinner was again faced with a similar situation, namely getting a fierce fight against Medvedev.

If you look at it on paper, Medvedev is not a light opponent. He has won the US Open 2021 and twice runners-up at the same Grand Slam.

Daniil Medvedev's encounter record against Sinner is also still supporting him. The fifth seed still leads the encounter against Sinner 7-5.

The two met twice at this year's Grand Slam event, namely the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

"It's a tough game. There will be many rallies. So, hopefully I'm physically ready. This will be a physical match, as well as a mental match," said Sinner on the official US Open website.

"I won at the Australian Open, then he won at Wimbledon this year. It was five sets. So hopefully this will be a good match."

"We'll try to do our best on the pitch. Hopefully you enjoy the next game and then we'll see how it goes," said the Italian again.

Medvedev won his first six meetings against Sinner before losing five consecutive encounters afterward.

Meanwhile, Sinner is still seeded for the semifinals. He is the eighth men's singles to reach the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam tournament in the same season since 2000.

Sinner joins famous names, such as Novak Djokovic (8 times), Roger Federer (8), Rafael Nadal (5), Andy Murray (4), David Ferrer (2), Stan Wawrinka (1), and Andre Agas (1).

Sinner is optimistic that the journey at the US Open 2024 will have a positive impact on him. All deficiencies have been exposed in previous matches so he knows how to perform optimally when facing Medvedev.

"What is certain is that mentally I did not start well. Of course there are pairs in the five-set match, that's natural. However, finding my rhythm at the end of the match hopefully helps for the next match," he said.