New York (CNN) Reaching the US Open final during an exceptional summer, Daniil Medvedev is rubbing shoulders with some of the best players tennis has ever seen.

When Medvedev bettered Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3 under the roof in rainy New York on Friday, the fifth seed joined Andre Agassi — now one of Dimitrov's coaches — and Ivan Lendl in becoming the lone men's players in the Open Era to advance to the final in Washington, Canada, Cincinnati and New York in the same season.

It's a straight sets win for Daniil Medvedev!



Will the 🇷🇺 lift his first Grand Slam trophy on Sunday?@DaniilMedwed | #USOpen pic.twitter.com/j6NDHPod6m — US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 6, 2019

He will hope to go one better than Agassi and Lendl in the final Sunday, since the pair lost those US Open finales to Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors, respectively.

Medvedev's opponent is a player of similar or even greater stature than Sampras and Connors, Rafael Nadal, so it will be one tough task. Nadal was the player who downed Medvedev in the final in Canada.

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