daniil medvedev

Consider Wednesday night a reminder. Yes, the story of this U.S. Open has been the American men. Two of them, Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz, are playing for a spot in the final on Friday and looking to snap the 21-year drought this country has gone without a man winning…

The men’s bracket of the U.S. Open may be wide open, but the sleeper pick to win it all isn’t much of a sleeper. Daniil Medvedev barely broke a sweat through his first two sets against Nuno Borges on Monday inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, breezing to a 6-0, 6-1, 6-3…

Then there was one. In this year’s U.S. Open, Daniil Medvedev is the last one standing from one of the most exclusive clubs in tennis. The 28-year-old Russian, ranked No. 5 in the world, dispatched Italy’s Flavio Cobolli (No. 31) in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, Saturday night in the…