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Daniil Medvedev has become the dominant men’s tennis player of the summer through tactical savvy, finding and exploiting weaknesses in his opponents with ruthless brilliance.
Now Medvedev has fearlessly taken on the most challenging opponent the United States Open has to offer: the New York crowd.
After two matchups, Medvedev is 2-0.
By giving raucous support to his opponents, the crowd has played into his hands, he said, and propelled him into his first Grand Slam quarterfinal. He will play Stan Wawrinka on Tuesday afternoon.
“They kind of don’t understand that they shouldn’t do it,” said Medvedev, a 23-year-old Russian ranked fifth.