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World number one Jannik Sinner defeated Tommy Paul on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open, where he will face Daniil Medvedev for the fourth time this year.

Sinner came back from a 4-1 deficit in the first set to win 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 against the American, who was seeded 14th.

The 23-year-old Italian is the only player to have reached the quarter-finals of all four majors this season.

In January, he won his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open by beating Medvedev from two sets down.

Medvedev, ranked fifth and champion in New York in 2021 and runner-up last season, reached the quarterfinals for the fifth time in six years by beating Portuguese Nuno Borges in three sets.

On Monday, Sinner recovered from the shock of a double break and dominated the first two tiebreaks.

Service breaks in the second and sixth games of the third set put an end to Paul’s persistent resistance.

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