Medvedev upsets Djokovic to reach Cincinnati final
Ninth-seeded Daniil Medvedev reached the final of the Western & Southern Open with a 素晴らしい 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over 最高の，を越す-seeded Novak Djokovic in Saturday's 準決勝 近づく Cincinnati.
Medvedev 記録，記録的な／記録するd 36 勝利者s, 含むing 16 エースs, as he controlled play over the final two 始める，決めるs. He will 直面する 16th-seeded David Goffin of Belgium in Sunday's 肩書を与える match on the hardcourt at Mason, Ohio.
The upset hopes weren't looking good when Medvedev lost the first 始める，決める but the ロシアの began 失望させるing Djokovic while sailing through the 残り／休憩（する） of the one-hour, 43-minute match.
"To be honest with you, I don't know how I did it," Medvedev said in a 地位，任命する-match television interview. "I was so tired in the first 始める，決める. Playing Novak, I didn't think I would be able to keep the intensity. Then the 勢い changed in the second and I just started playing unbelievable."
Medvedev overcame 21 unforced errors while 敗北・負かすing Djokovic for the second time this year. He also （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 him in three 始める，決めるs in the 準々決勝 of the Monte Carlo Masters in April.
It also is Medvedev's third straight final. He lost to Nick Kyrgios in Washington and Rafael Nadal in Montreal earlier this month.
Djokovic, the defending 支持する／優勝者, made 26 勝利者s against 16 unforced errors. He 記録，記録的な／記録するd six エースs.
Medvedev looks to keep his 最近の 魔法 going Sunday when he 会合，会うs Goffin, who needed just 77 minutes to 派遣（する） Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 in the other 半分. Both players will be looking for their fifth career 肩書を与える.
"David is an amazing player. I lost to him at Wimbledon," Medvedev said of a five-始める，決める, third-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 後退. "It is never 平易な to play him. I think he is in 広大な／多数の／重要な 形態／調整 and I hope it is going to be a 広大な／多数の／重要な final."
The final is Goffin's second of the year. He lost to Roger Federer in Halle in June.
"I'm really happy," Goffin said after （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Gasquet. "It's a tournament I like and I've played the best tennis here i n the past few years. I'm really happy to reach my first Masters 1000 final here. It's a 広大な／多数の／重要な moment for me."
Gasquet 配達するd more エースs (six to five) but won just 15.8 パーセント of his second serve points. 一方／合間, Goffin won 77.3 パーセント of his.
"It was tougher for me, but I tried my best against him," Gasquet said afterward. "When he plays 100 パーセント, it's 堅い. But as I said, he's a very good player and he's very 急速な／放蕩な and powerful. He was just better today.
"I just need to 回復する a little bit now, but I'm feeling 広大な／多数の／重要な and I can take 肯定的なs from this."
--Field Level マスコミ
