Daniil Medvedev stuns Carlos Alcaraz to set up US Open final showdown with Novak Djokovic | Tumaini Carayol

• Medvedev defeats Alcaraz 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in thrilling semi-final
• Russian will now rekindle rivalry with Novak Djokovic in final

Daniil Medvedev stepped inside Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday night fully conscious of both the singular, stratospheric level required of him to merely have a shot of toppling Carlos Alcaraz and that not many people gave him a chance of doing so.

But one consistent theme in Medvedev's increasingly brilliant career is that he lives for these challenges, a quality that has distinguished him from his contemporaries and marked him as a champion.