US Open 2023 quarter final result – Number three seed and former champion Daniil Medvedev beats compatriot Andrey Rublev at Flushing Meadows

This time Rublev can’t deny him as a forehand lands in the net. Medvedev is back in the semis after a tough two-hour and 47-minute battle in hot conditions. Rublev loses for a ninth straight major quarter final while Daniil awaits Alcaraz or Zverev in the last four.

The crowd are loving this. Rublev finds a clutch serve to help fend off a third MP and then resists a lung-bursting rally to move within a whisker of levelling the set.

Medvedev has other ideas and is then gifted a fourth match point when Rublev double faults.

The No.8 seed throws the kitchen sink at Daniil and deservedly cuts through the defences with a crosscourt forehand.

Medvedev is like a dog with a bone though and another forehand error to end another pulsating rally cues up a FIFTH MP…

What a rollercoaster of a game!

Medvedev turns the screw at 0-30 before the game pauses for a few moments for a VAR check on a double bounce.

Rublev sizzles down a big serve to reach parity and has game point but Medvedev turns the tables and snares a match point with backhand winner.

Rublev saves that and then a second with a sublime forehand crosscourt pass on the run.

Medvedev presses again and tees up a third MP when Rublev drags a shot into the tramlines….

Medvedev creaks with a tired-looking backhand approach down the line into the net to cough up another break point.

This time he slams the door shut with a beastly serve and from there Rublev can’t do enough to exert more pressure, lashing a crosscourt forehand wide to let Daniil wriggle free.

The No.8 seed will now serve to stay in it.

Rublev looks utterly forlorn as Daniil corks a backhand winner to tee up two more break points.

Andrey fends off one with his own winner off that wing but succumbs on the second.

Is Medvedev making a late move at the end of a set once again?

Daniil stays in contention as Rublev swings freely on serve but can’t quite eat into a 40-0 lead and the No.3 seed edges over the line.

Medvedev picks up his towel and turns to the camera. He says directly to the viewer: 'One player’s gonna die and then they will see.’

He’s referencing the very tough, humid conditions the players are enduring during this tournament.

Andrey has found his groove at a crucial moment in terms of his hopes of making an impact on this match.

The No.8 seed cannons down just his second ace of the match before lashing away an eye-catching crosscourt smash to consolidate to 15.

Could it be a different story this time around? Previously, Medvedev has consolidated a break back, settled back in and then pounced at the end of the set.

That doesn’t happen on this occasion as Rublev clocks up another break point and then steps on the accelerator with that forehand to lure an error long and take charge.

Déjà vu.

Medvedev’s depth and relentless capacity to endure in energy-sapping rallies proves key once again.

Rublev’s forehand misfires as he looks to crank up the power stepping into his backhand wing and it’s that movement that eventually sees him succumb as he sizzles a crosscourt attempt into the net on the second of two break back points.

The heats is really getting to both players, but particularly Daniil.

It’s a 12-minute war of attrition but Rublev gets his reward for hanging around at deuce as Medvedev comes unstuck on a third break with his ninth double fault of the match.

Once again Rublev has that early break – but can he hang on to it this time?

Daniil must drive Andrey crazy the way he scrambles to make him play so many balls to win a point. It happens again early in this game, but Rublev manages to finish with a flourish a see out a rare, quick hold to 15 to level.

Rublev wrestles the momentum of a lengthy exchange his way and earns break point with a crisp drive volley.

But once again Medvedev has the answer with a clutch serve before sweeping in on a net cord to cannon away a crosscourt forehand. Another low, dipping howitzer of a forehand closes the game and the No.3 seed seizes the scoreboard advantage at the start of Set 3.

Once again Medvedev saves his very best for the set finale.

He takes full advantage of Rublev’s nervy double fault at 30-30 to scorch a superb backhand winner before gesturing to the crowd to shower him with praise!

The 2021 champion is one set away from a return to the last four.

That’s clutch!

Medvedev saves his best for the break points, saving two to make deuce with a scorcher of a backhand up the line.

Rublev earns a third chance with a dart forward to arrow away a forehand volley, but a wide ace cancels it out and more strong serving sees the No.3 seed consolidate via the scenic route.

It sounds like Daniil has a pain in his stomach and something of an issue with his breathing. One to keep an eye on.