NEW YORK — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner used an aggressive, net-rushing style to reach the US Open semifinals for the first time by getting past 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Sinner, a 23-year-old from Italy who was cleared in a doping case less than a week before the US Open started after testing positive twice for traces of an anabolic steroid in March, will go up against No.
25 Jack Draper of Britain on Friday for a berth in the title match. Draper won the only match between the two, at the 2021 Queen's Club.
After Week 1 exits by Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, Sinner took over as the title favorite and now is the only man remaining in the field with a Grand Slam trophy.
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