Daniil Medvedev will be salivating at the genuine possibility that he might be winning his second Grand Slam title in a week’s time. With two of the top three seeds crashing out of the tournament before the second week, Medvedev has to be the second favorite for the title, and the draw is opening up nicely for him in this section.

Last year’s finalist secured his spot in the third round with a comfortable straight-sets win over Fabian Marozsan a couple of days ago, taking just two hours and seven minutes. In the victory, Medvedev tallied eight aces, although he will want to cut down on the ten double faults. He landed 47% of first serves and won 67% of first-serve points (30/45) and 54% of second-serve points (27/50). Medvedev converted eight of 14 break points.

Flavio Cobolli has impreiovd by leaps and bounds this season which has been real brakthoguh for him. Despite losing in the qualigin rounds in each of his previous two trips to New York, the ITalian entered this year’s field as a seeded player after a runner-up finish in Washington and a round of 16 run in Cincinnati.

He’s secured high-quality wins over James Duckworth and Zizou Bergs, both in four sets, to advance into the third round of a major for the second time. Can he pull off the upset of the day on Saturday?

Daniil Medvedev vs Flavio Cobolli Head-To-Head

• There is no history between Medvedev and Cobolli, so this will be their first meeting.

Daniil Medvedev vs Flavio Cobolli Prediction

Medvedev will fancy his chances of winning the title from here. He’s got a great draw, and with two of the big heavyweights already out of the picture, he won’t be wasting this opportunity. Obviously, you can’t win the tournament at this stage, but you can very well lose it. With that said, I can’t see Medvedev dropping more than a set here.