New York Labor Day lived up to its name as world no one janx sinner put in a hard-fought performance to secure his place in the US Open quarter finals on Monday evening CER overcame Tommy Paul ranked 14th with a 763 765 61 Victory advancing to face the 2021 Champion denil Medvedev despite trailing by a double break early in the first set cner rallied with four consecutive games to shift the momentum and clinch his second quarterfinal appearance in Flushing Meadows after a grueling 2 hours and 42 minutes on Arthur ashy stadium. Center's first quarterfinal appearance came in 2022 when he narrowly lost to eventual Champion Carlos alcaraz in a thrilling five-set match this year the 23-year-old arrived at the us. Billy Jean King national tennis center with heightened confidence having won the Australian Open in January and the Cincinnati open just three weeks ago however he had to navigate controversy related to positive anti-doping tests from March Cerf criticism due to the ban substance closable e which was found in treatments from his then physiotherapist gako naldi sinner had successfully appealed provisional suspensions but chose to move past the Scandal by focusing on his performance on the court dot throughout the first week of the tournament sinner was dominant losing just one set in his initial three matches and dispatching Alex Michelson and Christopher oconnell with ease facing Paul for the fourth time cner confronted a significantly tougher opponent Paul who reached the the quarterfinals in both Wimbledon and the Summer Olympics had shown impressive form by overcoming Lorenzo Sono and Gabriel Dio in previous rounds. Paul initially LED with a 4-1 double break Advantage but a laps in Focus allowed Center to reel off four straight games and take the first set in a tiebreaker the second set was equally competitive with both players exchanging breaks of serve before CER secured another tiebreaker win CER then surged ahead in the third set breaking Paul served twice and saving two break points before finally converting his match point. Center will now face denil Medvedev who has been in strong form and defeated Nuno bores 6-0 61 61 63 earlier in the day Med vdv acknowledged the challenge ahead stating I know if I want to beat him I need to be at my best it's going to be a great match