 Nick Kirios vs Karin Hashinov is the first quarterfinal for the men's US Open for 2022 and both players had to battle their way to get to the quarterfinal stage. Hashinov started the tournament off as the 27th seed and took on American Kudler in the first round and after dropping the first set he came back to winning 4, 3, 6, 6, 1, 6, 2, 6, 2. In the second round he take on the Brazilian Montero and again he had to fight through in 4, 6, 3, 6, 3, 5, 7, 6, 4. In the third round he take on the exciting youngster from the UK Draper who had just beaten Oje Aliasim and after dropping the second set Draper had to retire through injury giving Hashinov the win 6, 3, 4, 6, 6, 5, retirement. In the fourth round he take on the 12th seed Karinia Buster who had had a very good US Open series and after taking two of the first three sets Hashinov had to battle in the fifth eventually getting through 4, 6, 6, 3, 6, 1, 4, 6, 6, 3 to advance to the quarterfinals. Nick Kirios entered the tournament at the 23rd seed and would take on best friend Kokonakis in the first round and after a third set that was tight Kirios eventually beat his best friend 6, 3, 6, 4, 7, 6. In the second round he played against the unseded Bonzi and after a lapse in the third Kirios would eventually prevail in 4, 7, 6, 6, 4, 4, 6, 6, 4. In the third round he take on the wild card and exciting American JJ Wolfe who had beaten Batista Ragu in the first round and although this was promised to be fireworks it was only Kirios who provided the tricks prevailing in 3, 6, 4, 6, 2, 6, 3. In the fourth round he take on the defending champion world number one Daniel Mevedev and the first set was a very tight tie break as they split the first two sets Kirios would eventually get through in 4, 7, 6, 3, 6, 6, 3, 6, 2 to advance to the quarterfinal stage. These guys have played twice before with both matches going down the wire Kirios winning a five set epic in Australia and Hashinov winning a three set epic in Cincinnati. If Hashinov is going to win he's going to have to be patient with Kirios because we know Kirios brings a circus into every match Hashinov just has to be careful with that he has played some close matches before and kept his head he's going to have to do the same because this crowd loves Kirios. If Kirios is going to win he has to keep his head. He was very patient against Mevedev only a couple of outbursts nothing too crazy if he had lost the first set it might have been different but he's been pretty cool karma collected and we all know when he loses is cool that's when he loses matches so he needs to keep his head and play aggressive as he has been. This is going to be a really fun matchup and as history shows this should be a very close match but I reckon Kirios is going to win in four sets it's going to be a bunch of tie breaks what do you reckon though let me know down in the comments below who do you think is going to make it to the semifinal stage