US Open 2022 men’s quarter-final preview with a maiden Grand Slam winner guaranteed and Nick Kyrgios favourite

With 2014 champion Marin Cilic and 22-time major winner Rafael Nadal both bowing out of the US Open at the fourth-round stage, a maiden men’s Grand Slam champion is now guaranteed. Carlos Alcaraz needed five sets to battle past Cilic in a near 2.30am finish local time, and the 19-year-old Spaniard is the highest remaining seed — at No. 3 — left in the men’s draw heading into the last eight.

Ad Meanwhile, Frances Tiafoe produced a stunning performance to knock out Nadal, winning through in four sets to blow the draw wide open. US OpenAlcaraz edges Cilic in late-night epic to guarantee maiden men’s Grand Slam champion3 HOURS AGO The quarter-finals get under way on Tuesday, and here we preview every encounter in the men’s draw, knowing that a new major champion will be crowned come Sunday. Matteo Berrettini (13) v Casper Ruud (5) Set for a 5pm start UK time on Tuesday, the first men’s quarter-final sees No.

1 hopeful Casper Ruud face off against Matteo Berrettini. Ruud, 23, is enjoying his best run at Flushing Meadows, and could claim the top ranking after the US Open with Nadal and Daniil Medvedev already out. Alcaraz’s own exploits will dictate where Ruud, the French Open finalist this year, ends up, but ranking will not be his focus now.