New York top seated janx Center reached the US Open quarterfinals by shaking off a slow start and coming through in the clutch at the end of T Breakers that decided the first two sets then pulling away to get past number 14 Tommy Paul 76 3 76 5 61 on Monday night two weeks removed from being cleared in a doping case stemming from two positive tests in March cner moved into a showdown against 2021 champion donel medv the only pass winner at Flushing Meadows still in the men's field CER a 23-year-old from Italy claimed his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January by defeating medev in five sets in the final after dropping the first two they also met in the Wimbledon quarterfinals in July and medev won that one it's going to be a lot of running sinner said so hopefully I'll be ready physically