US Open 2024: Jannik Sinner beats Daniil Medvedev to advance to semi-final against Jack Draper

Sinner and Medvedev met at three of the four Grand Slams this year, but this match was not at the level of their previous matches.

Sinner came back from a two-set deficit against Medvedev to win his first Grand Slam title in Melbourne, while Medvedev took revenge in another five-set match at the Wimbledon round of 16 in July.

When Medvedev was called to serve first, he was immediately under pressure, having to save a break point before being broken himself a few games later.

Sinner narrowly missed a step on serve before the second set began, after which he was sucked into the longer rallies that Medvedev loves.

The Russian counterattacked early and doubled his lead after a 10-minute game on Sinner’s serve, which ended with the Italian’s forehand into the net.

With the match evenly matched, the momentum swung in favour of Sinner, who won five games in a row and held three set points on Medvedev’s serve, resulting in a devastating defeat.

Medvedev managed to win another game in the third set and left the court to recover. In his first service game, however, he had to catch up immediately with a 0-30 deficit and a break seemed inevitable.

After Sinner made the decisive break and took a 4-3 lead, his quality came to the fore and secured victory with a stunning forehand winner.

Sinner has lost only two hardcourt matches this season and has won four titles on the surface, including his victory at the Australian Open.

His most recent success came in Cincinnati in August, winning the title a day before it was announced he had been cleared of any wrongdoing after testing positive for a banned substance twice earlier this year.