Tennis-Medvedev swats aside Borges to cruise into U.S. Open quarter-finals

Sept 2, 2024; Flushing, NY, USA; Daniil Medvedev hits to Nuno Borges (POR) on day eight of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Daniil Medvedev barely broke a sweat as he 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.

Fifth seed 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.