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Rafael Nadal is bound for the semifinals.
With his rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer out of the U.S. Open, Rafael Nadal is now the heavy favorite to win his 19th Grand Slam title. And while the other three semifinalists — Matteo Berrettini, Grigor Dimitrov and Daniil Medvedev — are in the final four in the New York for the first time, Nadal reached his eighth U.S. Open semifinal, with a 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Diego Schwartzman.
The match was much closer than the score line may indicate.