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Medvedev advances to first Grand Slam semi-final at US Open
Fifth seed Medvedev's 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 triumph sent him into a Friday matchup against the later winner between Bulgaria's 78th-ranked Grigor Dimitrov and 38-year-old Federer, owner of a record 20 Grand Slam titles.
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Daniil Medvedev of Russia shakes hands with Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland after their Men's Singles quarterfinal match on day nine of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 03, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. (AFP/Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
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ussia's Daniil Medvedev advanced to his first Grand Slam semi-final Tuesday at the US Open by defeating three-time major winner Stan Wawrinka while Roger Federer eyed his 46th Grand Slam semi-final berth.
Fifth seed Medvedev's 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 triumph sent him into a Friday matchup against the later winner between Bulgaria's 78th-ranked Grigor Dimitrov and 38-year-old Federer, owner of a record 20 Grand Slam titles.
"I'm really happy to be in my first semi-final," Medvedev said.
Medvedev struggled with a sore left quadriceps muscle that had him think about quitting the match in the first set.
"Before the match I was feeling perfect. In the first set I think I pulled my quadriceps," Medvedev said.
"I had a really big pain in my quadriceps and thought I wasn't going to continue the match."
Medvedev took a medical timeout and had the area taped and took a painkiller.
"In the fourth set, I started feeling the painkiller and started moving better," he said. "For sure I hope to be ready for the semis."
Medvedev, at 23, becomes the youngest US Open semi-finalist since Novak Djokovic in 2010 and Russia's first Slam semi-finalist since Mikhail Youzhny at the 2010 US Open.
