Spaniard going for 19th grand slam title;
Russian aiming for firstBianca Andreescu sees a remarkable vision come true at US OpenSerena Williams not giving up the fight to equal Court’s recordEmail Bryan with your thoughts or tweet @BryanAGraham 9.47pm BST
First set: Medvedev 3-3 Nadal* (*denotes next server)
Medvedev falls behind love-15 on a double fault which Nadal must challenge to confirm, but the Russian rattles off four quick points for the hold. 9.44pm BST
First set: *Medvedev 2-3 Nadal (*denotes next server)
Nadal consolidates in convincing
fashion with the love hold. We’re even steven in the opening. Neither man playing his best tennis so far, but you can’t help but feel Medvedev may have let an opportunity slip in giving back that break so fast when Nadal was a bit out of sorts.