US Open 2024 Day Ten Quarter Final Recap

The semi-final lineup on the 2024 US Open is ready, and Jannik Sinner will tackle Jack Draper within the prime half, together with Taylor Fritz in opposition to Frances Tiafoe from the underside part of the draw.

In Wednesday’s two remaining quarter-finals, Jack Draper made mild work of Alex de Minaur, pushing him apart 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 because the Aussie appeared to undergo a reoccurrence of the hip damage he sustained at Wimbledon.

Pre-tournament favorite Jannik Sinner then delivered within the night time session, proving too adept from the baseline to see off Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Day Ten US Open 2024 Quarter Remaining Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Jannik Sinner (1)
Daniil Medvedev (5)
6-2 1-6 6-1 6-4

Jack Draper (25)
Alex de Minaur (10)
603 7-5 6-2

Sinner Too Robust for Medvedev

Jannik Sinner is the person to beat at this yr’s US Open, and he brushed apart Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 to safe a spot in his third main semi-final of the season.

The 2 have now met 13 instances, with the H2H at 7-6 in Medvedev’s favour, though he’s solely received 1 of the final seven matches.

The most recent encounter wasn’t a match for the ages. Neither participant was sensible, and momentum switched steadily.

Sinner surged forward with a double-break lead within the first set earlier than Medvedev, after a shaky begin, began to seek out his sport as he captured the second.

Nonetheless, the match all the time felt like Sinner may take his sport up a notch to depart Medvedev reeling, and that occurred when he received the primary 5 video games of the third set, taking management of the match.

Within the fourth set, Sinner’s stage dropped briefly, permitting Medvedev a sniff, however the Italian saved two crucial break factors at 2-3. He then secured a decisive break and transformed his second match level on his serve.

General, Medvedev by no means seemed like he may win this one, and I believed Sinner, regardless of not being at his finest, had the measure of his opponent. I preferred that he threw in some serve-and-volley performs and drop photographs to combine it up and I feel he wins the title comfortably.

It was very robust. We all know one another fairly effectively. We performed in Australia this yr after which London. We knew it was going to be very bodily. The primary two units have been unusual as a result of whoever made the primary break then began to roll. We tried to work exhausting on this facet of the sport. I do know I can enhance so much, particularly going to the online. I attempted to serve and volley a number of instances, attempting to combine one thing in. I’m very pleased with how I did at the moment, and let’s see how I deal with the following opponent. Sinner on his win.

Match Stats

Jannik Sinner
Daniil Medvedev

Aces
4
5

Double Faults
1
6

1st Serve Share
53%
56%

1st Serve Factors Gained
76% (39/51)
67% (41/61)

2nd Serve Factors Gained
61% (28/46)
42% (20/48)

Break Factors Saved
75% (6/8)
67% (10/15)

1st Return Factors Gained
33% (20/61)
24% (12/51)

2nd Return Factors Gained
58% (28/48)
39% (18/46)

Break Factors Transformed
33% (5/15)
25% (2/8)

Winners
31
30

Unforced Errors
38
57

Web Factors Gained
85% (28/33)
67% (16/24)

Max Factors In Row
11
5

Service Factors Gained
69% (67/97)
56% (61/109)

Return Factors Gained
44% (48/109)
31% (30/97)

Whole Factors Gained
56% (115/206)
44% (91/206)

Max Video games In Row
5
5

Service Video games Gained
88% (14/16)
69% (11/16)

Return Video games Gained
31% (5/16)
13% (2/16)

Whole Video games Gained
59% (19/32)
41% (13/32)

Highlights

Draper Denies De Minaur

With Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic each within the backside half of the draw, Jack Draper is an unlikely semi-finalist, however he’s there with out dropping a set, his newest win being a routine 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Alex de Minaur.

Draper has a strong baseline sport, backed up with a heavy lefty serve, however has proven some stamina points prior to now.

Based mostly on that, I believed De Minaur would guarantee he was on the market for 4+ hours earlier than finally operating him into the bottom.

Nonetheless, the Aussie, who hadn’t performed since a hip damage at Wimbledon, appeared to irritate that damage in the course of the first set.

By that time, he was already down a break, and the tone of the match had been set. If the Demon can’t run, he can’t win, as his sport is constructed on courtroom protection.

Draper, then again, who additionally obtained therapy for a leg situation, can blaze winners, and as soon as he’d received in entrance, he barely seemed again.

Regardless of dropping a 4-2 lead within the second set, he was quickly again on monitor with a decisive break within the eleventh sport and simply clinched the third set, dropping solely six factors on serve.

I feel I performed a strong match. I really feel the very best fitness-wise that I’ve been in a very long time, and I feel that’s the place Alex has kind of received me prior to now. I additionally suppose he was possibly struggling a bit of bit at the moment with one thing, which could have helped me a bit of bit. However credit score to Alex. He’s an incredible fighter and an unbelievable participant. We’re going to have many extra battles to come back. Draper on his win.