Despite the semifinal between Thiem and Medvedev ending in just three sets, we saw spectacular tennis played. Thiem played better and he was better advancing to the final deservedly, and following the match, Medvedev spoke to the media. He said:

"He played like a real champion. That's actually the stress of the Big Three. No matter which day you play them, it seems like they play the same level. Talking about myself or Dominic, we can have these bad days where… Maybe you can say, ‘I'm going to play to the backhand of Dominic and get some chances.’ Well, not during this US Open or Australian Open. He's playing really some great tennis. Backhand, forehand, slice, everything is there."

When asked to break down the match in more detail and whether he would change anything he said:

"What I would do differently in this semifinal? Probably not much. We can talk about some shots, losing concentration in the first set. But Dominic played really good."

"Tennis is all about small points. Sometimes you win these points, sometimes you lose them. Today, I lost the most important points. That's how he got the win. But I think it was really high-level tennis and Dominic was playing really good."

As a final note to himself Medvedev said he was overall happy:

"Definitely more happy than disappointed. [If] two months ago, someone would tell me I’d make [the] semi-finals of the US Open, I would be super happy because I was not feeling great about my game [and] my physical shape. I had huge troubles in practice. I was like, ‘Okay, how am I going to play?"

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