Top seed Daniil Medvedev beaten by Nick Kyrgios at US Open after losing four of their five matches
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic could meet in the semi-finals of Wimbledon
US Open 2018: Day five
Novak Djokovic saved four match points to get through the second set against Daniil Medvedev in one hour and nine minutes
Djokovic had lost all three sets he had played against Medvedev in previous meetings
Medvedev saved two match points to beat Djokovic in the fifth set of their Wimbledon clash
Nadal came back from a set down to beat David Goffin in the first semi-final since he broke through in Wimbledon in 2009
The US Open started with two hours to go in the second round of singles.
In the end the same players who had met so memorably at Wimbledon ended up competing on that hallowed grass surface.
Djokovic was the top seed but he was also the only player who could be written off as a favourite after having been written off before.
Medvedev had lost two of their five previous meetings in this tournament and had only won one of their four meetings here.
But the 23-year-old beat Djokovic in the fourth round, and the world No 1 saved four match points to get through the second set in just one hour and nine minutes.
Djokovic and Medvedev, both former champions, were determined to put some distance between themselves and the last time they had met at a major.
But while Djokovic had his problems with his positioning against Medvedev in the first set, he found his form in the second.
Medvedev won the opening set 6-3 and the world No 1 took the second easily 6-3.
The third set was a bit of