A contender for a place in the semifinal in the highest spot on the Carreno Busta scoreboard will find Denis Shapovalov, who imposed a halt on David Goffin on the Italian night.
The Belgian, number 10 Atp and seventh-seeded, for the fourth year in a row having reached the second round, aimed to reach his first quarter-final at the US Open and take a further step forward (in the three previous occasions he had never scrapped a set) also thanks to the fact that he had won the only direct match, last year in the second round in Tokyo with two tie-breaks.
It was instead the Canadian Next Gen, number 17 Atp and 14th seeded, after having equaled the result of 2017 starting from the qualifications, to take another step in his growth of emerging talent.
After the first set was sold to the tie-break, the southpaw grew, overcoming the 29-year-old from Rocourt by 67 (0) 64 63 64 in three and a half hours of play.
It is the best result for Shapovalov in a Major, now it's up to the other two Canadians in the round of 16, namely Felix Augier-Aliassime and Vasek Pospisil.
On the stage of the Louis Armstrong Stadium, German Zverev, number 7 in the world rankings and fifth-seeded, did very quickly to get through the practice and reach his second consecutive quarter-final in the Grand Slam after the semifinal at the Australian Open in January.
The Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, number 99 Atp and at the debut at the US Open, really did not have a chance to line up Dennis Novak, Hubert Hurkacz, number 24 of the seeding, and Cameron Norrie, so as to give himself the challenge with Zverev, the before the Next Gen in Malaga against a top 10. The Iberian came out with broken bones, among other things struggling with a leg problem, in the end forced to collect a 62 62 61, in just over an ' hour and a half.