03:20
Third set: Medvedev 2-6, 6-7, 4-1 Theme *
Themes pushed him to 40-15 with the help of Medvedev’s 32nd and 33rd unforced errors. Medvedev then went badly ahead to get to the break point at the end of the 20-stroke backhand-to-backhand rally, but he saved when Thiem worked incorrectly on the volley. Moments later Medvedev escaped from the grip despite making five unforced errors from the forehand side in the game.
03:15
Third set: * Medvedev 2-6, 6-7, 3-1 theme
Thiem is on board after quickly catching up on love, but still trail through the break.
03:12
Medvedev broke in the second game of the third set!
Third set: * Medvedev 2-6, 6-7, 2-0 theme
If the comeback continues, it starts here. Serving for the Thiem game at 40-30, Medvedev is the backhand winner for the retreat. He then slid down the line for a break point to the winner passing the forehand, excluding the theme in the 18-shot rally. He turns it around when he makes an unforced backhand error from the baseline at the beginning of the Medvedev point.
03:03
Third set: Medvedev 2-6, 6-7, 1-0 Theme *
Medvedev has come down to Love-300 at his service after losing the 22nd and 26th rounds, but the backhand winner and his seventh ace respond to the 300-all. Medvedev then forgives Volley for a break point, but Medvedev saves him when he misses from the baseline to the backhand for a dis. After a few more deuce points, Medvedev widens to hold the S at 124 mph. Anything that was bothering Theme before the change didn’t seem to catch him back there.
02:56
Theme has taken the medical deadline ahead of the third set. He said he felt something in his Achilles when he first took the second spill.
Medvedev will need to make a little history if he is to return to the final: he is winless in five five-set matches of six careers and has never won below two sets.
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02:49
Theme won the second set, 7-6 (7)!
Second set tiebreak: Medvedev 7-9 theme
Thyme wins the starting point on his serve, then Medvedev does the same to his opponent in a 1-for-all 33-ball scramble rally. Medvedev then goes down on the minibrack with an unforced error at the start of the exchange, but the theme returns the minibrack to its own few points behind for 2-2. Both men have their next six service points until the theme point is at 5-6 service points. He served it wide for the first time at a speed of 117 MPF so that Medvedev would not return to the game, then Medvedev would win the next point on an unforced error. Now he is facing a set point serving Medvedev 6-7. He saves it with a reckless service of 123mph, but the theme jumps on a very weak drop shot to the next point for a crucial minibrack. Serving an 8-7 lead for the set, Thiem leads Medvedev to win the point and flowmox with the forehand with the front forehand on the field and commands a two-sets-to-non lead!
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02:36
Second set: Medvedev 2-6, 6-6 Them
A trouble spot for Medvedev going down Prem-15 for not making a forehand mistake from the baseline. He just runs with three quick points for Thiem to push him to some daily points, but he escapes the grip and we are heading for a tiebreak in the second set.
02:28
Second set: * Medvedev 2-6, 5-6 theme
Thiem double-fults at 30-all for a break point, but erases it with errors of 120 mpf that Medvedev cannot return to court. An unforced backhand error gives Medvedev a second chance to break, but Thiem saves it with a big save. He saves a third after Medvedev floats in the back net, then Medvedev cannot return with large forehandes in the fourth and fifth corners. In the end Theme caught up after a dramatic game spanning 10 minutes and 18 points. Medvedev will serve to push on the tiebreaker of the second set.
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02:20
The theme broke in the 10th game of the second set!
Second set: Medvedev 2-6, 5-5 Theme *
Good good good. Medvedev was blinking while serving for the set, Love goes down -30 and 15-40 as Thiem shuts off the ground power. Two break-point chances for the theme, the first being Medvedev’s 2-5 in the opener. Medvedev saves the first of them, but makes an unforced mistake with a forehand at the start of the rally on the second for a break and we are back in seconds.
02:13
Second set: * Medvedev 2-6, 5-4 theme
Thyme Love-300 and Medvedev will give the match a one-set match after the changeover.
02:10
Second set: Medvedev 2-6, 5-3 Theme *
Medvedev holds on comfortably, breaking the fifth ace of the night along the way. The theme will serve to stay in the second set.
02:08
Second set: * Medvedev 2-6, 4-3 theme
Another grip of love for the theme, which has been circulating in its service games with one big exception at the start of the second set.
01:57
Second set: * Medvedev 2-6, 3-2 theme
Theme is back with a love of his second service, but he will have to move on after Medvedev’s service to open the set. Meanwhile Zverev is kicking back in his suit The tweets Its sushi delivery arrives.
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01:56
Second set: Medvedev 2-6, 3-1 Theme *
An uncomfortable grip for Medvedev goes 3-1 in the second. He has made two unforced errors (16) in the number of winners (eight) on the night, but he has significantly cleared things up in this set with five winners and six errors.
01:50
Second set: * Medvedev 2-6, 2-1 theme
In the second set the ship has the right to go on board with a direct grip.
01:48
Second set: Medvedev 2-6, 2-0 Theme *
Medvedev opens with a 124mph ace at the bottom of the road leading to a love hold. Another very itchy game for Thiem, which looks like the break is going to run later. Already many unsuccessful bugs for Strian by two games (four) like the already full first set.
01:46
Medvedev broke in the first game of the second set!
Second set: * Medvedev 2-6, 1-0 theme
The theme’s very poor service game to open the second set, practically handing over the brakes on the Silver Platter to Medvedev, along with three unexplored errors, including his first double fault.
01:43
Theme won the first set, 6-2!
First set: Medvedev 2-6 theme
Medvedev quickly goes down to Love-40 and Triple Set points. He’s gotten away with it in a hurry. He made a 120 mph wide pound to save the first, but made his 12th vulgar mistake at night on the next point (against seven winners), to give the theme an opener 35 minutes later. It is the first set that Medvedev has gone down in the tournament so far.
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01:41
First set: * Medvedev 2-5 theme
Theme Cruise for another easy grip. He has won 11 of the last 12 points on his racket and 12 of the 12 first-serve points he has won for the match. Medvedev serves to stay in the opener.
01:39
Theme break in the sixth game of the first set!
First set: Medvedev 2-4 theme *
A terrible 30-sh exchange breaks out at the starting point while cracking the thyme backhand winner. Medvedev scored a reckless service, then the middle down 125 mpf service would be the winner, followed by double-faults for 30-all. Thiem then wins the next point for his second appearance in the second game at the break point in the games, but Medvedev serves to save him, with another boom. Medvedev is warned to cross the net at one point as he is not allowed to challenge at the end at this stage. The chair’s umpire and supervisor are slapped with sarcasm after their appeal was struck: “My sincere apologies to the US Open for crossing the net.” From there the theme gets the best out of the 20-stroke rally and breaks Medvedev when he misses on the volley.
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01:27
First set: * Medvedev 2-3 theme
The theme is love, hitting an overhand winner on the net at the first point and then Medvedev can’t get back into the game with three big serve. He has won seven straight points on his serve and his first nine five-point inter points on the night.
01:25
First set: Medvedev 2-2 theme *
The first pressure point on the match for the player as Medvedev goes down love-down 0 on his service. He gets it back at 30-all, but at the beginning of the point after the theme the backhand winner on the net scored for 30-40 and the first break-point opportunity of the night. Medvedev responds well, shaking the three quick pins appled by the booming S in the middle to escape the grip.
01:15
First set: Medvedev 1-1 theme *
Medvedev widens the cracks of a 120 mph S to 40-15, then in the evening a forcehand error comes down to force him to forfeit his first double fault and from the baseline. But he catches on comfortably from there, closing in on his opening service game and coming up with a forehand volley winning net.
01:09
First set: * Medvedev 0-1 theme
Theme has a KG opening service game that includes rallies of 13, 12, 13 and 17 strokes … and three ineffective mistakes by Medvedev.
00:55
Daniel Medvedev could become the first player in the Open era (since 1969) to win the US Open men’s singles title without leaving a set. The 24-year-old Russian, who pushed Rafael Nadal to a five-set limit in last year’s final, has swept 15 sets in this year’s tournament to reach this stage.
Dominic Theme, 27, became the first Austrian semifinalist in the history of the US Open when he lost his fifth set tiebreak to Nadal in the quarterfinals. The last player from Austria to knock on the door was the great Thomas Muster, who reached the US Open quarters in 1993, 1994 and 1996.
Update
23:21
Brian will be here soon. In the meantime, today’s first semifinal between Pablo Carreo Busta and Alexander Zverev is in the fifth set and you can follow your Carroll’s minute-by-minute report.
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