The Russian qualified for the third consecutive year in the semi-finals of the American Grand Slam, putting an end to the superb run of the surprising Botic van de Zandschulp.
Daniil Medvedev, 2nd in the world, qualified for the semi-finals of the US Open, beating (6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 7-5) the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp (117th), Tuesday in New York. The Russian, great rival of Novak Djokovic, in search of a historic calendar Grand Slam, reached this stage at Flushing Meadows for the third consecutive year. In 2019, he reached the final, beaten by Rafael Nadal at the end of an epic final. “I just want to do a little better than the last two times and take the last step, which is the most difficult, actuallyHe said on Arthur Ashe court. Medvedev, who had passed each of his previous four laps in less than two hours and three dry sets, this time exceeded this target, as he won in 2:23. He will not have accumulated until 9.47am on the road to the last square. A walk in the park.
By way of comparison, Van de Zandschulp, from qualifying, had 7:37 p.m. in his legs before this match. And it quickly became clear that he had not recovered from the fight in five sets victorious Sunday night against the Argentinian Diego Schwartzman (8th). Crushed during the first two rounds by the Russian in steamroller mode, he nevertheless had a last stand in the third, being able to finally rely on a first returned ball in order to prolong the suspense. In the fourth, each kept their face-off until 6-5, “VdB“Saving in passing a match point at 5-4 against him, thanks to a service that continued to hamper Medvedev, yet one of the best raiseers on the circuit. But a double fault and two forehands into the net later, he admitted defeat.
Unknown to the uninitiated before his feat, the 25-year-old Dutchman, whose first participation in the US Open, has thus completed his beautiful course dominated by an opponent well focused on his supreme ambition. “It’s an incredible journey to go from qualifying to quarterfinals“, Paid tribute to Medvedev. “He has played so many tough matches and still was able to come back and play at his best in the third and fourth sets.A finalist at the Australian Open, swept by Novak Djokovic, Medvedev will try to qualify for his third final of a Major. But we will first have to rule out the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (15th) or the young 18-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who caused a sensation in the 3rd round, by eliminating Stefanos Tsitsipas (3rd).
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