Daniil Medvedev beats Carlos Alcaraz to reach US Open men’s final – as it happened

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First set: *Alcaraz 3-3 Medvedev (*denotes next server)

Medvedev holds but not before mixing in his fifth double fault of the night. He gotten just 14 of 28 first serves in so far, a 50% clip that he will need to improve if he hopes to topple the world No 1 (for another few days at least).