World number one Jannik Sinner defeats Daniil Medvedev to reach first US Open semifinals

World number one Jannik Sinner stormed into the US Open semifinals with a four-set win over Russia's Daniil Medvedev on Thursday (Sep 5).

Sinner, thus, reached his first-ever US Open semifinal with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 win, at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, and will now lock horns with the 25th-ranked Jake Draper, of Britain, for a place in the final. 

Sinner started with a lead courtesy of a 6-2 win in the opening set, where Medvedev looked rusty and committed as many as 15 unforced errors as opposed to the Italian's six.

Medvedev, however, bounced back in style and closed the second set with a double break of his own to level the quarterfinal.

Nonetheless, Sinner came back strongly and won the third set in half an hour before closing out the game with a 6-4 win in the fourth and penultimate set.

After the contest, Sinner said, "It was very tough, I knew it would be very physical.

It was strange in the first two sets, whoever got the break started to roll."
The Italian further opined on his next opponent Draper and stated, "We are good friends off the court.

He's having an incredible tournament and hasn't dropped a set."
Sinner, the Australian Open 2024 winner, is surely the favourite now at the US Open.

He, however, won't take anything lightly ahead of the semifinals as the US Open has provided enough upsets in both men's and women's singles.

In the men's category, the likes of Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz were ousted before the fourth-round.

While Djokovic, who won gold in the Paris Olympics, was stunned in the third-round, by Alexei Popyrin of Australia, Alcaraz was shown the exit door by Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp during his second-round match.

Even in the women's singles, world number one Iga Swiatek lost to USA's Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinal on Wednesday (Sep 4).