Reaching the USOpen final during an exceptional summer, Daniil Medvedev is rubbing shoulders with some of the best players tennis has ever seen
New York Reaching the US Open final during an exceptional summer, Daniil Medvedev is rubbing shoulders with some of the best players tennis has ever seen.
When Medvedev bettered Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 , 6-4, 6-3 under the roof in rainy New York on Friday, the fifth seed joined Andre Agassi — now one of Dimitrov's coaches — and Ivan Lendl in becoming the lone men's players in the Open Era to advance to the final in Washington, Canada, Cincinnati and New York in the same season. It's a straight sets win for Daniil Medvedev!
Will the 🇷🇺 lift his first Grand Slam trophy on Sunday?@DaniilMedwed | #USOpen pic.twitter.com/j6NDHPod6m — US Open Tennis September 6, 2019 He will hope to go one better than Agassi and Lendl in the final Sunday, since the pair lost those US Open finales to Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors, respectively. Visit our tennis page for more news and videoMedvedev's opponent is likely to be a player of similar or even greater stature than Sampras and Connors, Rafael Nadal, so it will be one tough task. Nadal was the player who downed Medvedev in the final in Canada.
Will Nadal pass Federer for grand slam wins? 03:52But Medvedev is sure to savor the moment Friday before fully contemplating the final. He reached his first grand slam final and became the first Russian man to make a major final since Marat Safin in 2005. Some called Safin a genius, although he never quite fulfilled expectations despite winning two grand slam crowns. A geniusMedvedev's coach, Gilles Cervara, called his pupil a genius, too.
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