New York (AFP)
World No.2 Daniil Medvedev, contender for the US Open title, qualified for the quarter-finals by easily dismissing Britain's Daniel Evans (27th) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 (27th) on Sunday at New York.
As in the previous three rounds, the Russian took less than two hours to impose his law, facing an opponent he met for the first time and who, failing to really upset him, offered a pleasant tennis, made of many climbs on the fly.
This allowed Medvedev to fight well in passings and lobs.
To say the match felt like a sparring session for the 2019 runner-up would be too harsh on Evans, but he came across well, much harder.
After a bleeding first set, Medvedev, formidable in the service (11 aces) only conceded once his engagement, allowing Evans to break in the second set to return 3-3.
But the Briton's hand suddenly became little trembling was immediately punished by the imperturbable Medvedev who pocketed the second round.
In the third set, the resistance having disappeared opposite, Medvedev unwound quietly.
An impressive show of force in 1h43.
In the next round, he will have an unknown opponent, Botic Van de Zandschulp.
Ranked 117th in the world, the Dutchman surprised by eliminating Diego Schwartzman (17th) in five sets.
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