US OPEN: Daniil Medvedev Ends Carlos Alcaraz Title Defence, book final meeting with Djokovic 

Daniil Medvedev Ended defending champion Carlos Alcaraz title defence with  7-6(3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 victory to reach the US Open final inside the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Friday night.

In doing so, the 27-year-old Russian set a rematch of the 2021 Flushing Meadows final against Novak Djokovic. Two years ago, Medvedev stunned Djokovic and denied the Serbian his dream of winning all four majors in the same season. On Sunday, he will try to keep Djokovic from securing a record-extending 24th Slam title.

“The challenge is to play a guy who won 23 Grand Slams and I have only one,” Medvedev said in his on-court interview. “When I beat him here, I managed to play better than myself and I need to do it again. There is no other way.”

“I said I needed to play 11 out of 10. I played 12 out of 10, except the third set,” Medvedev said. “That’s the only way. I don’t know if he’s still 20 or 21, but [he is] so young, already two Grand Slams, World No. 1 for many weeks. It’s honestly just pretty unbelievable and I think nobody has done it before him. To beat him, you need to be better than yourself and I managed to do it.”

With the victory, the third seed is now in a Tour-leading 38-5 on hard courts this year with four titles on the surface (Rotterdam, Doha, Dubai, Miami).