Daniil Medvedev downs Christopher Eubanks, to face Carlos Alcaraz - ESPN

Daniil Medvedev curtailed American Christopher Eubanks' extraordinary Wimbledon adventure as he weathered a storm to win their quarterfinal 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 on Wednesday.

Medvedev will next face No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, who eliminated Holger Rune 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4 for a spot in the final. Alcaraz, 20, became the youngest Wimbledon semifinalist since 2007 with Wednesday's win.

«I am just happy to be in the semifinals,» Medvedev said on court after winning a fifth-set decider for only the fourth time in his career, having lost 10. «There was a moment in the match where I completely lost the game itself and he played well. I started to sink, I started to do a lot of mistakes, not serving well enough.

»In the third set, I started to build something, not lose it 6-1 again, and starting from the tiebreak [in the fourth], I managed to play amazing."

The third-seeded Medvedev took the opening set but lost the next two as the unseeded Eubanks unleashed a barrage of first-strike tennis that stunned the Russian player and had the Court 1 crowd roaring its approval.

Medvedev looked bewildered and out of ideas at one point as Eubanks kept landing blow after blow. Eubanks used his sledgehammer forehand to break the Medvedev serve to lead 3-1 in the second set, beaming broadly and imploring the crowd for more noise.

They duly obliged as Eubanks began smacking service returns straight to the feet of Medvedev and demonstrating a razor-sharp net game that many thought had long gone out of fashion.

But the 2021 US Open champion began to regroup in a tight fourth set, and his experience held sway in the tiebreak as he leveled the match. Medvedev then improved to 2-4 in five-set matches at Wimbledon with a strong closing effort.

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