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The win by the cool and collected Swiatek sets up a final showdown with American Jessica Pegula, and she can end the year on top if she is able to hoist the trophy
The 31-year-old former Wimbledon and French Open champion had been provisionally suspended since October 2022 after testing positive for banned blood-booster roxadustat at the US Open last year
Djokovic said he received advice on his own career from Bryant, who died in 2020 in a helicopter crash that also killed his daughter, Gianna, and seven others.
The Serbian is the first man to win three Grand Slam events in the same season four times.
The win completed a remarkable turnaround for Gauff, who was left distraught after a first round exit at Wimbledon in July.
A final involving former US Open champions Medvedev and three-time winner Novak Djokovic on Sunday is one of obvious high quality but not the next chapter in tennis's hottest rivalry of Djokovic and Alcaraz that has had the sport buzzing.
Rohan Bopanna at 43 was hoping to become the oldest winner of a Grand Slam.
Sabalenka will try to heap even more disappointment on US tennis fans in Saturday's final when she takes on Coco Gauff.
Bopanna beat the record of Daniel Nestor of Canada, who was 43 years and four months when he played in a Major final, by two months.
Alcaraz defeated a drained Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-2 6-4 on Wednesday.