Daniil Medvedev gets by Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3) 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in New York on Friday. Medvedev will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Novak Djokovic in the final. The battle lasted 3 hours and 19 minutes. Daniil won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Medvedev added to his prize money $ 725,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 1,500,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 1,500,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 3,000,000 in total.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Carlos Alcaraz U.S. Open – New York
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 141 points vs. Carlos’s 121.
Medvedev
Medvedev served pretty well to win 82% of the points (68/83) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (23/46) on his second serve. Daniil won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Alcaraz
On the other side, Alcaraz was battling in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Medvedev and Alcaraz is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Medvedev will come up against Djokovic in the final.
This will be the 15th time that Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic fight against each other. The head to head is 9-5 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 4-3 on hard.
The last time that they played, Medvedev won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Dubai back in March 2023.
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Daniil won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Daniil won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Carlos won a minibreak in the 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Carlos was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Russian won just 3 points more than the Spaniard (43-40). The Russian dropped 14 points on serve (32-14). On the losing side, Carlos conceded 11 points on serve (26-11
).Medvedev came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Carlos Alcaraz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Russian managed to boost his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Daniil converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Medvedev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. The Russian won 16 points more than the Spaniard (32-16). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, Alcaraz conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Spaniard grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Carlos was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 55 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Medvedev (31-24). Carlos dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Similarly to the 3rd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Russian snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Daniil converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Carlos was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 76 points. Daniil was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Carlos (42-34). Daniil conceded 13 points on serve (27-13). On the losing side, Alcaraz conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Ben SheltonShelton (6-3 6-2 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (7-63 6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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