US Open 2024: Jannik Sinner beats Daniil Medvedev to set up Jack Draper semi-final

Sinner and Medvedev have met at three of the four Grand Slams this year, but this match hasn’t quite lived up to the high quality of their previous outings.

Sinner came back from two sets down against Medvedev to win his first Grand Slam title in Melbourne, while Medvedev got revenge in another five-set last-eight match at Wimbledon in July.

Asked to serve first, Medvedev was immediately under pressure, having to save a break point before being broken to love a few games later.

Sinner barely missed a step on serve before the start of the second set when he was drawn into the longer rallies that Medvedev thrives on.

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

With the match tied, the momentum shifted to Sinner, who reeled off five games in a row and had three set points on Medvedev’s serve to register a dreaded “bagel”.

Medvedev managed to drop a single game in the third set and went out to regroup, but immediately had to recover from 0-30 down in his first service game and a break of serve felt inevitable.

Once Sinner secured the decisive break for a 4-3 lead, his quality returned, securing victory with a stunning forehand winner.

Sinner has lost just two matches on hard court this season and won four titles on the surface, including his triumph at the Australian Open.

His most recent success was in Cincinnati in August, winning the title a day before news broke that he was cleared of any wrongdoing after twice testing positive for a banned substance earlier this year.