Coming into the round of 16, American Donald Young had to come back from two sets to love down in two matches, upsetting 11th seed Gilles Simon and Victor Troicki. French Open champion Stan Wawrinka had yet to drop a set, although he has yet to reach his championship form. The two had met just twice before, with Young defeating the Swiss star at the 2011 US Open in a five-set thriller. Wawrinka avenged the loss and ended Young’s magical run winning 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Wawrinka stormed out to a quick start, breaking Young to go up 2-1. The Swiss bullied around the American with scorching serves and potent groundstrokes, Young unable to make an impact on his return games. He served out the set to take it 6-4, facing just one break point throughout the entire set. Young dropped the first set of the match for the fourth time this tournament.

Wawrinka suffered a major letdown in the second set, double faulting down 1-2 to give Young his first break. The Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd energized the American, and he took the second set as the Swiss sprayed countless unforced errors. Frustrated with his dismal play, Wawrinka smashed his racquet into the concrete, further pushing the crowd’s support towards Young.

Wawrinka angrily regrouped in the third set, smashing a backhand into the body of Young to break. The fifth seed quickly took control of the set, breaking Young’s serve again to go up 5-0. Wawrinka relaxed and lost focus, and Young was able to break and hold his serve to climb back into set at 3-5. However, Wawrinka shut down any hope from Young, serving out the set to grab it 6-3 with a majestic backhand.

The French Open champion started the fourth set brilliantly, hitting a lovely backhand pass to break. Both players continued to hold serve, Young having to scrappily fight for points against the hard-hitting Swiss. However, he failed to make an impact on his return games and Wawrinka served out the match to win 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

The Swiss star littered the stat sheet, hitting a whopping 52 winners versus 48 unforced errors, clearly dictating play throughout the match. Wawrinka won 36 percent of points on return, converting all four break chances that he had. The French Open champion hit 11 aces versus just three for Young.

The US Open is where Wawrinka broke through to his first Grand Slam quarterfinal back in 2010, and returns to the elite eight for the fourth time. He lost to an inspired Kei Nishikori in a heartbreaking five-setter last year. He looks to go one step further on Wednesday as he faces 15th seed Kevin Anderson, who upset 2012 champion Andy Murray in the longest match at this year’s tournament. Anderson leads their head-to-head 4-3, winning the last four matches in a row. Wawrinka will need to clean up his game to end his losing streak, but will have the edge with his Grand Slam experience and the fresher legs. Anderson played an incredibly physical match against Murray, giving it everything he had to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal.

No matter the outcome, Wawrinka must be pleased with his Grand Slam consistency in the past two years. The Swiss star has reached the quarterfinals in nine out of his last 11 major tournaments, and has reached this stage at all four Grand Slams this year.