Medvedev beats Alcaraz and will compete for the US Open title against Djokovic

Daniel Medvedev will compete for the title US Openlast Grand Slam of the year, Sunday, in front of Novak Djokovic. The Russian beat the Spaniard this Friday Carlos Alcarazfor 3 sets to 1, with partials of 7/6 (7/3), 6/1, 3/6 and 6/3.

The first set started off very competitive and nervous. Medvedev needed 11 minutes to close the first game. The two tennis players did not perform well enough to keep their services.

The technical level improved at the end, with the best play in the 11th game, after the Spaniard managed to hit two balls, but the point still went to the Russian. The decision went to a tie-break and Medvedev was more constant to close at 7/3.

The second set was undisputed. Alcaraz made a lot of mistakes and even discouraged his coach, Juan Carlo Ferrero. Medvedev took the opportunity to maintain his production, breaking the Spaniard’s serve twice and opening 2 sets 0, with an easy 6/1.

Alcaraz came back better for the third set. He made fewer mistakes, was more aggressive, broke Medvedev’s serve and managed to keep all his serves to close at 6/3.

The fourth set was full of beautiful plays. Alcaraz had the chance to break his rival’s serve, but wasted it in the third game. Medvedev didn’t miss his opportunity, opened 4/2, continued to close the set at 6/3 and win the match.

Djokovic didn’t give the young American left-hander a chance Ben Shelton and won the US Open semifinal by 3 sets to 0, with partials of 6/3, 6/2 and 7/6 (7/4) in 2h40 of play.

In his tenth US Open final, Djokovic will try for his 24th Grand Slam title on Sunday. If he wins, the Serb will equal the number of achievements of Margaret Court, the biggest winner of the four main tournaments of all time.

Another mark that Djokovic will be able to obtain, if he wins on Sunday, is to add the fourth title in New York, equaling the legendary North American. John McEnroe. With five cups, Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer are the biggest winners of the last Grand Slam of the year.