2023-09-09 03:10:09
2023-09-09 11:10 United Daily News reporter Liu Zhaoyu/Report in real time Medvev won the US Open men’s singles semi-finals and entered the championship match.AFP

After former world champion Novak Djokovic took the lead in securing tickets to the first championship match at this year’s US Open, current world champion Carlos Alcaraz fell into trouble when he encountered third seed Daniil Medvedev today. After a hard fight, he finally lost 6:7 (3:7), 1:6, 6:3, 3:6, and Medvev got the chance to compete with Djokovic for the championship.

Medvev, ranked third in the world, reached the US Open finals in 2019 and 2021, and won his first career Grand Slam championship in 2021. However, he challenged to defend the title last year but was defeated in the fourth round. “Australian bad boy” Nick Kyrgios was defeated and his dream of defending his title was shattered.

However, Medvev adjusted to an excellent state at this year’s US Open. He won three of the first five rounds in straight games. Today, when he met the young world champion Alcaraz, Medvev played calmly and won the whole match. There were almost no openings for Alcaraz to attack. After successfully winning the first two sets, although Alcaraz seized the opportunity to regain one in the third set, Medvev still maintained his own in the fourth set. rhythm, and successfully closed the door with 6:3.

After losing in the US Open men’s singles quarterfinals, Alcaraz responded to the audience’s applause.Associated Press

Talking regarding winning this game, Medvev emphasized that he knew before the game that this would be a hard battle, especially facing Alcaraz, who had never failed in a Grand Slam final, and he had to give 110%. ability to compete with it.

Regarding the next championship match with his old rival Djokovic, Medvev also emphasized that when you have to face a 23-time Grand Slam champion, you don’t have many choices. You can only come up with something better than your opponent. Only performance can have a chance to win; although he was at a disadvantage once morest Djorkovich in his career, Medvev won the first Grand Slam championship in his career by defeating Djorkovich in the 2021 US Open final.

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