“To be honest, I don’t know how I did it. I'm so tired after the first set. Playing with Novak, I did not think that I would keep my pace. But one jerk in the second set changed everything. The audience gave me so much energy, ”Medvedev quotes the ATP official website.
The tennis player added that risk helped him win on the second serve.
Medvedev beat Djokovic with a score of 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3. In the final, the Russian will play with the Belgian David Goffen, seeded at the tournament under the 16th number.
Earlier, Svetlana Kuznetsova made it to the finals of the tournament in Cincinnati.