Tournament referee Jake Garner docked Daniil Medvedev $30,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and another $12,500 for racket abuse.
Daniil Medvedev-Photographer US Open 2025 controversy explained: It was reminiscent of Daniil Medvedev's 2019 match on the same court, when fans booed him for his antics.
Medvedev was not playing his best against Kasidit Samrej, a wild-card entry from Thailand who is ranked 418th and making his Grand Slam debut.
World number three Alcaraz beat his fifth-ranked opponent 6-7 (1/7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and will face either seven-time champion Novak Djokovic or Lorenzo Musetti for the title on Sunday.
The Italian fourth seed was blown off course in the first two sets but recovered to win 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in three hours and 44 minutes.
Sunday will be Tsitsipas' first final appearance in Cincinnati and his fifth overall in 2022.
Medvedev's win was powered by 18 aces while a misfiring Fritz, one of the game's big-hitters, had just three offset by three double-faults.
If Rafael Nadal, 35, wins the French Open, he would become the oldest champion—Andres Gimeno was 34 when he won in 1972. That’s usually the kind of challenge he likes.
Daniil Medvedev called a referee “small cat” during his semi-final against Stefanos Tsitsipas; later terming it funny, and a result of being “out of his mind”. There have been other meltdowns.
US Open champion Medvedev, currently involved in the Acapulco tournament, becomes the third Russian man after Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin to ascend to the world number one spot.
Victory on Sunday was Djokovic's second record in as many days after he was confirmed as season-ending world number one for a seventh time.
The loss in Sunday's men's singles finals at the US Open may not be enough to stop Novak Djokovic from amassing the most number of grand slam singles titles in future, but it denied him a chance to make history. All losses are heart-breaking, but some carry higher stakes than the rest.
Racing through his service games and matching Novak Djokovic in baseline exchanges, Daniil Medvedev scored an upset for the ages
Medvedev denied Djokovic of tennis immortality to win the US Open Men's Singles in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
The 2021 US Open is set to take place in the early hours of September 13 (Monday) at 01:30 am (IST).
Peerless world number one Novak Djokovic demolished Russia's Daniil Medvedev in straight sets to win his ninth Australian Open title and extend his record-breaking reign at Melbourne Park on February 21. Djokovic overpowered the fourth seed 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 in front of 7,400 fans on Rod Laver Arena to end the Russian's unbeaten run at 20 matches. In winning a third straight Australian Open for the second time, the Serb claimed his 18th Grand Slam title to move within two of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal who have 20 each, while denying Medvedev his first.
Novak Djokovic has won six of the last 10 major tournaments and is assured of remaining at No. 1 in the rankings at least through March 8. That will give him 311 weeks in the top spot, breaking a mark held by Roger Federer.