{"id":291855,"date":"2023-09-09T03:33:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T03:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=291855"},"modified":"2023-09-09T03:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T03:33:55","slug":"daniil-medvedev-stuns-carlos-alcaraz-to-set-up-novak-djokovic-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/daniil-medvedev-stuns-carlos-alcaraz-to-set-up-novak-djokovic-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniil Medvedev stuns Carlos Alcaraz to set up Novak Djokovic final"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Daniil Medvedev stuns Carlos Alcaraz in US Open semis to set up finals matchup with Novak Djokovic after hard-fought four-set victory in Queens<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Novak Djokovic won through to the final with a straight sets win earlier Friday<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Daniil Medvedev\u00a0said he played at a &#8217;12 out of 10&#8242; level to defeat Carlos Alcaraz<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Daniil Medvedev stunned No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz with a phenomenal four set victory to set up a mouthwatering final vs. Novak Djokovic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Russian No. 3 seed held his nerve after Alcaraz tried, but failed, to fight back from two sets down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After claiming the third, the Spaniard could not overcome the genius of Medvedev, who needed four match points to take the fourth, ultimately winning 7-6 6-1 3-6 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev immediately put his finger to his ear following the elimination of last year&#8217;s champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, he has the opportunity to once more crush Djokovic&#8217;s US Open dreams. Medvedev defeated the Serb &#8211; and denied him a calendar slam &#8211; in the 2021 iteration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/03\/75236507-12498321-image-a-2_1694226571039.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Medvedev held his nerve in the first set to win the tiebreaker 7-6 before taking the second 6-1<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/03\/75236895-12498321-image-a-16_1694228094363.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The defending champion was staggeringly eliminated despite dropping one set prior to Friday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/03\/75236743-12498321-image-a-15_1694227866716.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz saved three match points but failed to save the fourth as he lost Friday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/03\/75236855-12498321-image-a-14_1694227781688.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Russian placed one finger to each ear, in what was ostensibly a rebuke to the NYC crowd<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/03\/75236509-12498321-image-a-1_1694226567746.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz quite often attempted to liven the crowd &#8211; pointing to his ear on multiple occasions<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/04\/75232917-12498321-Djokovic_mocked_Shelton_s_trademark_celebration_of_answering_a_c-a-18_1694228524187.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Djokovic will be looking to hang up on Medvedev&#8217;s hopes of a second U.S. Open title Sunday<\/p>\n<p>It halted Djokovic from completing what would have been the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men&#8217;s tennis since Rod Laver in 1969.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday will be Medvedev&#8217;s third Flushing Meadows Final. The Russian admitted he played a &#8217;12 out of 10 game&#8217; to get there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To beat him you&#8217;ve got to be better than yourself and tonight I did it,&#8217; he said of Alcaraz during his on-court postgame interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite something of a love-hate relationship with the Arthur Ashe crowd, he said they were &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; before adding a small selection of unruly Alcaraz fans &#8216;can go to sleep now.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic and Medvedev have played 14 times throughout their career, with the 23-time slam champion leading the head-to-head, 9-5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev won their most recent encounter 6-4 6-4 at the Dubai Tennis Championships in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian sensation won the four prior, though they have not met at a slam since Medvedev&#8217;s stunning upset.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12498321\/Daniil-Medvedev-stuns-Carlos-Alcaraz-Open-semis-set-finals-matchup-Novak-Djokovic-hard-fought-four-set-victory-Queens.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniil Medvedev stuns Carlos Alcaraz in US Open semis to set up finals matchup with Novak Djokovic after hard-fought four-set <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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