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Finalist from last year Daniil Medvedev he followed Alexander Zverev into the US Open semifinals. The third-placed Russian defeated his compatriot Andrev Rublev (No. 10) with 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 5) and underlined his strong form.
by SID / tennisnet
last edition: 09.09.2020, 11:44 pm
The 24-year-old, who missed Rafael Nadal (Spain) in a dramatic final in five sets last year, is yet to have a loss in the tournament. Never before has a player managed to win the US Open without losing a set.
In the semi-finals, Medvedev will face Austrian Dominic Thiem (No. 2) or Alex de Minaur (No. 21) from Australia. The stumbling block in the quarterfinals against Rublew was the tie-break of the first set, in which Medvedev blocked three balls. Rublev reacted frustrated, he had no chance to break in the whole game. “That was his chance to take over the match,” Eurosport expert Boris Becker said of the first set. “I knew that if I didn’t win the first set it would be a difficult journey, and that’s exactly how it was.”
The best German player Zverev had already reached the semifinals on Tuesday. The fifth seed from Hamburg will play Spain’s Pablo Carreño Busta for his first Grand Slam final on Friday.
