Daniil Medvedev brushed aside unseeded Nuno Borges 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the US Open with a dominant display at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday.
Medvedev, the No. 5 seed and the only former champion remaining in the men's draw, had no trouble in the opening set against Borges, using his powerful baseline returns and his movement at the net to win all but 11 points in the set.
Borges, playing in the fourth round of a Grand Slam event for only the second time in his career, had no answers for the Russian's power.
He finally got on the board in the second set, earning a round of applause as he went up 1-0.
The rest of the set, however, was much like the first 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 and Medvedev recovered to win five of the next six games to wrap up the contest.
Medvedev will next play either top seed Jannik Sinner or American Tommy Paul.
In other men's action Monday, No. 25 Jack Draper became the first British man to reach the quarterfinals in New York since the recently retired Andy Murray did it in 2016.
Draper, who exited in the fourth round a year ago, will appear in his first Slam quarterfinal thanks to a 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 win against unseeded Tomas Machac.
"I obviously miss Andy. Shoutout to Andy," Draper said. "What an unbelievable career the guy's had. Just an icon of the game. I miss him in the change rooms. I miss being next to his stinky shoes and all his stinky clothes."
Draper will next take on No. 10 Alex de Minaur or Jordan Thompson.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
