2023-09-06 21:06:28
Daniil Medvedev (ATP 3) will play his 7th Grand Slam semi-final, the 4th at Flushing Meadows. The Russian outscored his friend and compatriot Andrey Rublev (ATP 8) 6-4 6-3 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the US Open.
Beaten for the … 9th time in 9 quarter-finals played in a Major, Andrey Rublev nevertheless won 12 of the first 13 points of the match to lead 3-0. He also led 3-1 service to follow in the 2nd end, and 4-2 in the 3rd. But the winner of the last Masters 1000 of Monte-Carlo suffers from a fatal blockage at this stage of the Grand Slam competition.
Daniil Medvedev, who had completely missed his start to the match, made the difference thanks to better management of the decisive moments. The former world No. 1 did not deliver a great match once morest the one who is also the godfather of his daughter, losing his service 5 times. But he provided the essentials, despite breathing problems due to the searing heat and extreme conditions.
Winner of his only major trophy in 2021 in New York where he deprived Novak Djokovic of the calendar Grand Slam, Daniil Medvedev might find the Serb in the final. But his semi-final promises to be complicated: on Friday evening he will face the defending champion Carlos Alcaraz (ATP 1) or the finalist of the 2020 edition Alexander Zverev (ATP 12).
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