The world No.1 Daniil Medvedev, defending champion, did not take two hours on Friday to dismiss the Chinese Yibing Wu (174th and from the qualifications) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 and thus qualify for the U.S. Open Round of 16.
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The 26-year-old Russian had to wait a long time before entering the Arthur-Ashe court, where Australian Ajla Tomljanovic beat Queen Serena Williams in 3:05 and sent her to retirement.
So when he was finally able to play, Medvedev had a field day: 12 aces and 26 winning moves, only one break conceded, to dismiss Wu in 1h56.
In the next round, the Russian will face Nick Kyrgios (25th). Settled and conquering since his Wimbledon final this summer, the Australian also beat without trembling his opponent of the day, the American JJ Wolf (87th and guest) 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 in 1h55.
