Jannik Sinner was pleased with how he "stayed in every moment" in a "tough" US Open quarter-final against Daniil Medvedev. (Full Coverage | More Sports News)
The world nu♐mber one is the only grand slam winner left in the draw after overcoming Medvedev, the 2021 chꦛampion at Flushing Meadows, in four sets.
Sinner has reached the semi-final at the US Open for the first timeꦫ in his career,ꦆ becoming the fourth active player to reach that stage at all four grand slams.
His triumph means he will play Jack Draper for a place in theꦫ final, with the Brit yet to drop a set in an impressive display in New York.
And Sinner acknowledged how hard ꦬhe had to work to get there after going toe-to-toe with Medvedev for the third ti🐷me in grand slams this year.
"Tough match, obviously," Sin🐻ner said. "Starting a break up in the fir✃st and third helps with the confidence, it helped me mentally to stay there in every moment.
"We played in Australia this year and then London. We knew it was going to be ver﷽y physical. It was strange the first two sets because whoever made the first break then started to 🦩roll.
"I'm happy how I handled the situation, it's very tough against him. I think it was a great match from both sides. The fo𓃲urth set wꦫas very tough."
Meanwhile, Medvedev was unable to cap🔜italise on a strong second set, as the only former US Open champion left in the men's draw crashed out.
The Russian made six double ಌfaults and 57 unforced errors as he struggled to match Sinner's aggressive play in the latter stages.
"Sometimes you feel like you'r🌼e doing all good, and then you miss, and then you have question marks, et cetera," Medvedev said.
"Maybe today I was going 🔯for a little bit more risky shots, I was missing just a bit more. As I said, one moment I kind of got lost in my misses."
